I don't see the songs as uplifting, but rather as trying to make lemonade from lemons, or whatever. When I listen to them, I understand the context. ….

I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned….

Probably the most cold-hearted thing I ever did. There was this spider in my shower - and I'm usually very kind to all of the creatures of the world ….

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-ro….

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

I'm really attracted to music that sort of toes that line between pop and avant-garde, that pushes the envelope of what you can get in a pop song..

When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with..

Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger. The person that you'd take a bullet for is behind the trigger..

Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along..

All of the agreed-upon pariahs throughout pop-culture history put their identities into the thing we decry. And yet we derive our own identities from….

I would love to hang out with Elvis Costello, to see what he's up to because he seems so fascinating to me..

'As Long As I Know I'm Getting Paid' is a satire. Lyrically, I want to be direct. With my history in Fall Out Boy, there's some expectation that I'm ….

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

Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy..

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 sam….

There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little close….

I was going to record a solo album when I was 15 on a four-track. I started working on it, but then Fall Out Boy happened. The band was awesome and t….

We wanted to wait until the music felt right. We didn't want to do it, just to do it. We didn't want to do it for money, I guess, is the thing that w….

One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions..

Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world.

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