In Fall Out Boy, I noticed that I wasn't putting all that much soul into it. It was just kind of screaming, I guess. I was just dying to get out of there!

I don't see the songs as uplifting, but rather as trying to make lemonade from lemons, or whatever. When I listen to them, I understand the context. I don't like to pepper songs with my own experiences, though.

When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try to treat the world better than it treated you.

I would love to hang out with Elvis Costello, to see what he's up to because he seems so fascinating to me.

I'm good with telling people what I think, too, but I don't know why people are so content to treat each other poorly.

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

Kid problems are when you're bummed because girls don't like you or something silly, but then you get older and people start dying and going broke and whatever. People get sick. When you get older these things just happen.