"My life was awful. When I was a kid, I was fat, pretty ugly, and had awful hair. I used to get teased every day and slammed against lockers, punched in the face - you name it. I had to go to prom with one of my female friends because I couldn't even get a proper date. I can't even look back at those photos because I  look so bad. I transferred schools, but the teasing just got worse. After the "incident" I had with the school play, the bullying got even worse. But I made it through school, only to find out that real life was pretty much the same. I sat in my dark room all day. I didn't talk to anyone, I didn't go outside. I just stayed inside and drew vampires, heroes, and villains, or anything to help me escape all the bad in the world. I went to art school and didn't really belong. All I could draw was comic book characters. I tried to put my only good talent to use, by drawing a cartoon and pitching it - only to have it turned down. Life to me was just pointless. I started drinking, doing drugs, and generally wasting my life drawing.

Then one day, I saw bodies falling from the sky. I witnessed people dying. That's when I decided to turn my life around. I called up anyone who had an instrument and we formed a band. Being on tour for the first few years was bad. All we would do was get drunk and do drugs, but I loved it. And a few years ago, I met the most perfect woman ever. It's like we share a wave-link or something. She just knows me without even knowing me, if you understand. And now, in 2011, I have a beautiful baby girl, a caring wife, and I get to preform for all my adoring fans every day.

I am living proof that no matter how bad it gets, it gets better. I am Gerard Way, and I survived."