Patrick Stump Quotes

You have total freedom. It’s like, if you do a solo record, there are no restrictions and you can do whatever you want, good or bad. You can have these passing fancies where you go in to the studio one day and you want to do something like what you did on the way in. That’s dangerous. You have to have some sort of focus.

American Suiteheart I must confess Im in love with my own sins

I think any good artist – and I’m not saying that I am one – takes notes and should first emulate their heroes and then try to move beyond them.

The music business is one of a few places where everything you’ve heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it’s true.

When you’re No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.

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

Eh. Hipster’s not really a thing anymore. Plus, hipster or out of touch old dude? Same uniform really.

Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don’t have anything to say, you stop making art – you might start making product. And I’m interested in being an artist.

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.

When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It’s way more fun.

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.’

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.