Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
Patrick StumpI was going to record a solo album when I was 15 on a four-track. I started working on it, but then Fall Out Boy happened. The band was awesome and took me in a totally different direction. I don't regret it at all, but the band delayed the record I had been planning.
Patrick StumpBe yourself! Love your mom, but if she's trying to get you to be someone you're not, she's in the wrong
Patrick StumpI've learned a lot about things because of the Internet. I'm happy with it, but it's a long road for me. I'm still definitely a little anti.
Patrick StumpAny art that you are playing based on effort, loses something. I think that most of the time it should be something that happens, and you are inspired, and you just feel and follow your instincts. The best chiseled sculptures happen when the sculptor looks at the stone and says "I saw this sculpture in the stone, and I had to get it out." It's not contrived.
Patrick Stump