Quotes by Patrick Stump

“Quiet IS the new loud.”

“Yeah, Ive been writing a bunch of new stuff, but its all secret. In fact, I may or may not have been writing stuff this entire interview.”

“Hes writing what Im singing, and Im writing what hes playing.”

“I have a girlfriend and she hasnt minded, ... She thinks its funny I have to sing about that stuff.”

“I dont think we care anymore about what were gonna do. Were just gonna be our own band and were not gonna pretend to be any more rock or any less whatever than we are. Were kinda hardcore kids, were kinda a metal band in this weird way, were kinda into soul, were kinda into folk, were kinda into a lot of stuff and were just gonna do whatever we do.”

“I think you can totally be a totally normal kid from the suburbs of Chicago and go off and play shows. Its one of those things that when you go home, youre still the nerd you were when you left, and your parents still get to yell at you about cleaning up your room, and your girlfriend still drags you to the pet store.”

“Our fans are pretty loyal. In the beginning, we had to play a lot of shows to, like, one kid at a time. Those kids stuck with us and have been incredibly supportive. They have a lot more ownership of us than other bands, they can have Fall Out Boy. Thats how we feel.”

“Heres the thing about Kelly Clarkson. At the end of the day, shes an amazing singer, and you cant fault her for that.”

“Im really glad I put aside whatever ego I had and just let (Wentz) be free,”

“I love playing Michigan, Im really excited that we begin the tour in Detroit. Its one of those places where we know the kids like the back of our hands and they know us -- its like home.”

Every sea to scare the sailor, I have sailed.

Theres no amount of money that makes you feel better when people think of you as a joke or a hack or a failure or ugly or stupid or morally empty.

I think you can totally be a totally normal kid from the suburbs of Chicago and go off and play shows. Its one of those things that when you go home, youre still the nerd you were when you left, and your parents still get to yell at you about cleaning up your room, and your girlfriend still drags you to the pet store.

Theres a certain fear of simplicity. I think thats the thing, when youre younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes youre playing, the better.

For some people, home is family and their moms house or their girl or whatever, and I have those experiences as well, but the biggest thing for me is Chicago.

Between Prince and my dads fusion-jazz records, I didnt have a choice in being funky.