I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.

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

Most producers get into it because they were just never handsome or charismatic or talented enough to be the star.

Fear is killing us, but true love can survive. If we cooperate, we can beat doubt. But first, rebuild trust. Take responsibility. Happiness is still free, though not always apparent when it's right in front of us. So keep calm, it's gonna get better.

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

Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.