One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
Patrick StumpI think any good artist - and I'm not saying that I am one - takes notes and should first emulate their heroes and then try to move beyond them.
Patrick StumpYou have total freedom. It's like, if you do a solo record, there are no restrictions and you can do whatever you want, good or bad. You can have these passing fancies where you go in to the studio one day and you want to do something like what you did on the way in. That's dangerous. You have to have some sort of focus.
Patrick StumpMost producers get into it because they were just never handsome or charismatic or talented enough to be the star.
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