I'm attracted to creative people and train wrecks, and there's no shortage of that in Los Angeles.

I wanted to find a cave and hang out there for the rest of my life and be a cave painter and eat dirt.

I like idolator.com a lot. Every once in a while they shred me on there, but it's usually pretty funny.

Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record - I support art.

Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.

I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.

I wish I had never taken naked pictures of myself on a phone to send to a girl. It's the worst thing ever.

For the most part, I hang out in my back yard with my dog, but there's no paparazzi trying to check that out.

When I read a review, 90% of the review is about my lifestyle, and the last two sentences are about the record.

And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.

If you aren't just a little depressed, then you aren't paying very much attention to what's going on in the world.

I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity.

This is how your heart gets snagged, like a balloon on a barbed-wire fence, this is where pieces of you get torn away.

I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life when I was that guy.

dont let anyone tell you what you are ever- that way you never run the danger of becoming anything but what you believe in.

I think that the first part of the art is making the art, but when art really becomes art is when it belongs to somebody else.

The silence is the worst part of any fight, because it's made up of all the things we wish we could say, if only we had the guts.

He hugged her tight, mixing their tears to be bottled and fermented, so they could be drunk on each other when this was all over.

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

Boys in bands are more difficult to deal with than one-year-old babies. I've been one of them, and I am one of them, but it is the truth.

As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then on and off since then.

I feel confidence in myself, but at the same time there's these cracks in the facade and those little things underneath that are unstable.

My parents treat me like I'm 14. They make me clean my room and stuff like that. They're always like "I don't care what MTV says you are.".

I think everyone should go crazy at least once in their life. I don't think you've truly lived until you've thought about killing yourself.

I love writing, but I have that E. E. Cummings idea that as long as you stay inside the rules of your own world, it doesn't matter what it is.

Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there

The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.

Ultimately, people do want to buy merch and tickets to support their favorite bands, but they don't want to feel like it's the only thing going on.

When I said that I make out with dudes, there was a slight sense of sexual rebellion in that. And I probably even made it a bigger deal than it was.

She pulls me toward her, tells me, “You’re sweet, you know that?” I crack a smile. Life will not tear us apart this time. Our hearts will see to it.

What are you looking at?” she asks. What am I looking at? My future wife? The mother of my children? The person I was put on this earth to find? Yes.

I've been an Obama supporter since he announced he was campaigning. I was aware of him as a senator, but I wasn't as engaged as I probably should've been.

I wonder if killing yourself is the only thing you can control in your entire life, and that's why it's a sin. Because you're beating God at his own game.

I'm in the process of convincing my parents to sell me their house so I can just live in my childhood bedroom forever. I figure it might make me age slower.

The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.

I think we live a culture that's obsessed with people, you know, 'Celebrities are just like us!' Everything I do except my job is critically analyzed online.

I think it's important to look at the world as a bigger place than just the bubble that we live in. It's so easy to get caught up in things of a trivial nature.

There's nothing worse than watching an old wrinkly guy going, 'Hey, baby.' You're like, 'Dude, that's lame.' It's cool to fall in love and grow old with someone.

Somewhere I just want to find someone that's going to love me forever no matter what; I want someone to show the inside of my head to. That thought keeps me going.

Theres a lot to be said for bands who fight to be relevant. But CONVINCING people you're relevant? Thats like telling people its not raining when they're soaking wet.

Fear owns me because I let it. Because I obsess over it, name it, raise it, and nurture it to become perfect. It is one of the few things in my life that I can control.

I think Kurt Cobain and Nirvana represent this giant wave that came crashing in and turned music on its head again, and there's definitely something to be said for that.

I remember my first kisses with a lot of people, and they're rad experiences. And you don't have to really take it to that next level because that's what keeps it exciting.

There was a fence and there was this other van- So I go, 'Fence or van? Cause I'm crashing into one of them,' and I said 'Fence,' so I hit the fence and bounced into the van

I think I ended up on 'People”s '50 Most Beautiful People' list just because of eyeliner, which is kind of a bummer. But if you do find the right color, it will make your eyes pop.

I think I ended up on 'People's '50 Most Beautiful People' list just because of eyeliner, which is kind of a bummer. But if you do find the right color, it will make your eyes pop.

Here's the thing about hair; I think most people think that I have Lego hair, like I can just take it on and off in one piece, and that's not quite the case - although pretty close.

My wife and I have created our own language. We can be at a table with six other people and have an argument without anyone knowing. It doesn't even have to be out loud. It's bizarre.

I'm not a real big fan of penises. Like my own, whenever I look at it, I just don't find anything attractive about it. I can't believe girls are into it. It blows my mind a little bit.

But a lot of things probably will never change - like our friendships and our working relationships. As far as me and Patrick [Stump, the singer] and all of Fall Out Boy, it's in a vacuum.

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