Song Quotes by Pete Wentz

What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?

— Pete Wentz

Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record - I support art.

— Pete Wentz

Boys in bands are more difficult to deal with than one-year-old babies. I've been one of them, and I am one of…

— Pete Wentz

If anyone saw Fall Out Boy's first 400 shows, we were the worst band of all time.

— Pete Wentz

Everyone has learned how to monetize music except the music industry.

— Pete Wentz

It was just the last straw for me. They are a multi-platinum band. What's the point of going after us?

— Pete Wentz

When I heard 'Dookie' by Green Day for the first time, it unlocked something in me, like, it's totally okay that I'm…

— Pete Wentz

I don't consider myself a businessman. It's just that the music business is like the Wild West. No one knows what's going…

— Pete Wentz

When you're playing hard-core music and you're screaming every night, it just grates on your ears, and at some point, the grass…

— Pete Wentz

Of course, we haven't spoke to anybody at Island Records about this yet, but you should go ahead and print this, because…

— Pete Wentz

There are bands that I got into when I was 15, when I was mad at my dad and just wanted to…

— Pete Wentz

The beauty of being the person behind the pen is that you get to rewrite history, but people who read my lyrics…

— Pete Wentz

I think Kurt Cobain and Nirvana represent this giant wave that came crashing in and turned music on its head again, and…

— Pete Wentz

Ultimately, people do want to buy merch and tickets to support their favorite bands, but they don't want to feel like it's…

— Pete Wentz

(before playing Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet) I couldn't really come up with a short way to sum up…

— Pete Wentz

He is the straight to video sequel to your summer hit movie. He is the verse to that song on the radio…

— Pete Wentz

The only reason you even start a band is so you can hang out with your friends all the time, but somewhere…

— Pete Wentz

They're way different, the songs are way more soulful. They open up Patrick's voice a lot more. On the last record, the…

— Pete Wentz

I don't think I understood guitar rock as well as I probably should have. I don't think I understood bands like Led…

— Pete Wentz

“He sang “I wish I weren’t me” over and over again just flat of the key of love until he forgot the…

— Pete Wentz

Theres a lot to be said for bands who fight to be relevant. But CONVINCING people you're relevant? Thats like telling people…

— Pete Wentz

Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.

— Pete Wentz