Touring on ‘Folie’ was like being the last act at the vaudeville show: We were rotten vegetable targets in clandestine hoods. Patrick Stump Read Quote
Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren’t getting along. Patrick Stump Read Quote
I think when you’re 17 and you’re angry, you’re angry about very short-term things. And there’s nothing wrong about writing that record. It’s a very real record to write; it’s the realest record I could write when I was 17. The problem is, when you’re 28, it’s not the same thing; it can be a put-on. Patrick Stump Read Quote
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 meet on the same kind of music. When bands break up, there are all these buzz words that get tossed around to maintain a front for the audience, but in this case there literally were creative differences. Patrick Stump Read Quote
For some people, home is family and their mom’s house or their girl or whatever, and I have those experiences as well, but the biggest thing for me is Chicago. Patrick Stump Read Quote
Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves. Patrick Stump Read Quote
There’s a certain fear of simplicity. I think that’s the thing, when you’re younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you’re playing, the better. Patrick Stump Read Quote
There’s 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. Patrick Stump Read Quote
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 Read Quote
