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
When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
