I wasn't necessarily frustrated in Fall Out Boy, but there were things that didn't get satisfied, desires left wanting. We didn't all meet on the same kind of music. When bands break up, there are all these buzz words that get tossed around to maintain a front for the audience, but in this case there literally were creative differences.

Any 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.

Be yourself! Love your mom, but if she's trying to get you to be someone you're not, she's in the wrong

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

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

I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating is more rewarding.

We wanted to wait until the music felt right. We didn't want to do it, just to do it. We didn't want to do it for money, I guess, is the thing that would have just bummed me out so much.