Quotes from Andy Biersack

For someone like me, music is all I've ever thought about - playing big shows, and then, when you take something that is based around your music and put it in a completely different medium, it's a really interesting and cool emotion to watch.

I don't know what metalcore is. I know what rock n' roll is... It's not rocket science.

Being a singer, I can easily break facial extremities, but breaking my nose in Luxembourg was extremely painful.

The image of the band has always been something that's evolved or changed with every record cycle that we've done. I think, in a lot of respects, that's because we were so interested in having a visual representation for the music that we were making.

I never anticipated seeing 40.

We're not trying to shock people with our image.

I had Batman stuff all over my house growing up.

When I walk around on the street and someone comes up to me, I have just as many full-grown men with large beards in Slipknot shirts saying he likes my band as much as I do girls with bright pink hair.

Nobody is convinced that Johnny Depp goes to Walmart dressed as Sweeney Todd, but everyone expects us to.

Even if you don't like what I do, and you don't like my band, you might have a fan that likes both of us, and why would you wanna alienate them?

I don't want to paint myself as some villain - I was never a bad guy doing horrible things, but I got too caught up in wanting a very specific thing to happen to the band. Ultimately, I had to find the ability in myself to get over that and stop being so stringent and learn to laugh a little bit more.

Growing up, I went to the Warped Tour a lot, and I got to see bands like Rancid and AFI and Dropkick Murphys and these bands that meant so much to me when I was a kid - all in succession on these stages, so to get to play that same stage that I watched those bands play is a huge thing for me.

Being able to be one of the headline bands on Warped Tour was a dream I had since I was in middle school.

I have a super supportive family.

Where you are right now blast some music and forget.

Because of the kind of music that I liked, and the different way that I dressed, it was kind of a perfect storm, creating a situation where I existed on my own throughout my schooling.

Reverse petting zoo. You pet the animals, and they pet you back.

Please remember, that even in your darkest moments, you still have the choice to focus your energy on the positive and create a better life.

Every day, people say crappy things about my band or whatever, but I live a positive existence. I got through everything by virtue of having the same passion that I've had through the years.

Love is a power greater than death, just like the songs and stories told.

Rock and roll is about having a good time.

Every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

You are at home when you're at a Black Veil Brides concert.

I'm writing songs with the hope someone can get behind my feeling.