(Wentz) just gives me lyrics and phrases and sentences and ideas that are just kind of disembodies from any song, ... I'm his word editor and he's my music editor. |
[Much has been made of Wentz's scathing words. On the single] Sugar, We're Going Down ... I'm just a notch in your bedpost/But you're just a line in a song. |
A couple of us do. |
First off, we came from hardcore bands, and, in a lot of ways, we still see ourselves as a hardcore band. That said, that's just how we play. I don't know how else to play when you're in a rock band. If you're in a rock band, that's how you're going to do it. |
He's writing what I'm singing, and I'm writing what he's playing. |
Here's the thing about Kelly Clarkson. At the end of the day, she's an amazing singer, and you can't fault her for that. |
I don't think we care anymore about what we're gonna do. We're just gonna be our own band and we're not gonna pretend to be any more rock or any less whatever than we are. We're kinda hardcore kids, we're kinda a metal band in this weird way, we're kinda into soul, we're kinda into folk, we're kinda into a lot of stuff and we're just gonna do whatever we do. |
I have a girlfriend and she hasn't minded, ... She thinks it's funny I have to sing about that stuff. |
I love playing Michigan, I'm really excited that we begin the tour in Detroit. It's one of those places where we know the kids like the back of our hands and they know us -- it's like home. |
I started playing music when I was really young. I didn't start off on guitar because I couldn't fit my hands around the neck and fret board. So I did the drums. And back then, all I did was hit things. |
I think you can totally be a totally normal kid from the suburbs of Chicago and go off and play shows. It's one of those things that when you go home, you're still the nerd you were when you left, and your parents still get to yell at you about cleaning up your room, and your girlfriend still drags you to the pet store. |
I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd. |
I'm really glad I put aside whatever ego I had and just let (Wentz) be free, |
Our fans are pretty loyal. In the beginning, we had to play a lot of shows to, like, one kid at a time. Those kids stuck with us and have been incredibly supportive. They have a lot more ownership of us than other bands, they can have Fall Out Boy. That's how we feel. |
Quiet IS the new loud. |