Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
Patrick StumpAdvice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then, start by copying them...just as an exercise. See if you can do similar things. Learn how to write a song like so and so. Then, when you've done that, write a song like yourself. Learn to color within the lines before going outside them.
Patrick StumpEh. Hipster's not really a thing anymore. Plus, hipster or out of touch old dude? Same uniform really.
Patrick StumpI 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.
Patrick StumpYoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along.
Patrick StumpI 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.
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