I'm really attracted to music that sort of toes that line between pop and avant-garde, that pushes the envelope of what you can get in a pop song.

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 used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd.

Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.

I 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.

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.

I don't want to be George Lucas and go back after the fact.