In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Stray thought for the day: Putting boundaries on how punk should sound/look is the least punk rock thing one can do. Be… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I don't believe any genre of music can be unilaterally dismissed (aside from like, white-power music or something). — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I don't see the songs as uplifting, but rather as trying to make lemonade from lemons, or whatever. When I listen to… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
First off, we came from hardcore bands, and, in a lot of ways, we still see ourselves as a hardcore band. That… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I started playing music when I was really young. I didn't start off on guitar because I couldn't fit my hands around… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I'm not a drummer anymore, on my gravestone, if there is one, if anyone writes anything about me besides hopefully being a… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I wasn't necessarily frustrated in Fall Out Boy, but there were things that didn't get satisfied, desires left wanting. We didn't all… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
“About Soul Punk: There was this moment where I worried FOB really wasn't coming back so I tried to make a hit… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Sugar, We're Going Down ...I'm just a notch in your bedpost/But you're just a line in a song. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
The last record was good but lyrically it wasn't focused - I was writing a lot of the lyrics and I am… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
We wanted to wait until the music felt right. We didn't want to do it, just to do it. We didn't want… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
“In reply to 'Do you think your old music is better?': If I did, I would have quit music altogether. You should… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Wentz just gives me lyrics and phrases and sentences and ideas that are just kind of disembodies from any song, ...I'm his… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
'As Long As I Know I'm Getting Paid' is a satire. Lyrically, I want to be direct. With my history in Fall… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I'm really attracted to music that sort of toes that line between pop and avant-garde, that pushes the envelope of what you… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then,… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I don't think we care anymore about what we're gonna do. We're just gonna be our own band and we're not gonna… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
There are some bands for whom that works very well and it's no disrespect to them because I'm sure there's something honest… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
“When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you.” — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I moved to L.A. and really didn't dig living there until I found places like Koreatown and Little Tokyo. I really like hanging out… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I write really scathing, angry stuff when I'm in a better mood, and then uplifting and happy stuff when I'm at the absolute bottom. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Pete's my best friend, I was the best man at his wedding, I love that man to death. I'd take a bullet for him. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Kid problems are when you're bummed because girls don't like you or something silly, but then you get older and people start dying and… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I love New Zealand. Every time I'm in New Zealand someone makes a joke about it being mostly sheep, which I think is unfair,… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I always thought 'Stump' was kind of like, you dropped something on your foot. It's not the most exotic rock-star name. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Stray thought for the day: Putting boundaries on how punk should sound/look is the least punk rock thing one can do. Be yourself=Very punk. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
What you want if you're asking that question is a specific time in your life to come back to you, and that will never… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
