"Sometimes people associate getting big with selling out, which is funny because thats not something you necessarily have choice in. Thats not a matter that is entirely up to you and at the same time, who hasnt sold out? If youve heard of a specific artist, theyre big enough--they got to you. Where do you draw the line between whats big and whats too big?"
Patrick Martin Stumph, known professionally as Patrick Vaughn Stump, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Fall Out Boy, originally from Glenview, Illinois.
"I hear all sorts of things slung at us, one of my favorites being the "boy-band" accusation. Im like, Boy band? Im fat! If we were a boy band, Id look good, Id dance and Id be charming - so what the fuck are you talking about? I write songs, thats all I do.Rolling Stone: Fall Out Boy"
"I dont mind if someone thinks Im a sell out. I go to bed happy knowing I do what I do and Im not doing anything for reasons of money, and if I were trying to pick up chicks, Im doing a horrible job. And if I wanted to drive awesome cars, Im doing a really bad job there too."
"I think Joes underappreciated, I think Andys underappreciated, I think Petes underappreciated, I dont think people know how good he is. I think Neal [Avron]s underappreciated, but if anything, I feel overappreciated. I think Patrick Stump gets enough attention."
"Ive heard a lot of really awful, negative things said about Pete, and its like, “Dude, you dont even have a clue how honest and real that guy is” for the amount of crap that people talk about him. Pete said it, and its true, they make you into a wrestling character. And its also like reality TV editing. Its really easy to cut somebody in rolling their eyes when that might not have even happened next to the thing that its being shown next to."
"Petes my best friend, I was the best man at his wedding, I love that man to death. Id take a bullet for him."
"What you want if youre asking that question is a specific time in your life to come back to you, and that will never happen. You will never be 15 years old again. I could write, verbatim, another Take This To Your Grave, and you wont feel the same way. Its not going to mean anything to you because it wouldnt mean anything to me."