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

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

Speed is absolutely key to creativity. The more time it takes to create something, the less likely you are to create something.

The music that I made in my band wasn't the expression of everything I was into. Bands are based on compromise.

Everyone wants to pretend like they sprang out of the ground with an Animal Collective record in their hands and a David Bowie haircut, and that's just not the case. You discover these things gradually.

There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.

I don't believe any genre of music can be unilaterally dismissed (aside from like, white-power music or something).