“One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.”
“When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.”
“There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.”
“Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.”
“I love Korean food, and it's kind of like home to me. The area that I grew up in outside Chicago, Glenview, is heavily Korean. A lot of my friends growing up were Korean and when I would eat dinner at their houses, their parents wouldn't tell me the names of the dishes because I would butcher the language.”
“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.”
“The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'”
“Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.”
“Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith.”
“The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.”