I don't mind if someone thinks I'm a sell out. I go to bed happy knowing I do what I do and I'm not doing anything for reasons of money, and if I were trying to pick up chicks, I'm doing a horrible job. And if I wanted to drive awesome cars, I'm doing a really bad job there too.

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.

Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.

Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.

One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.

I think you can totally be a totally normal kid from the suburbs of Chicago and go off and play shows. It's one of those things that when you go home, you're still the nerd you were when you left, and your parents still get to yell at you about cleaning up your room, and your girlfriend still drags you to the pet store.

I'm very much a night person. Morning is a thing I only experience because I have to.