I think we were kind of aggravated at the way bands only write titles that will fit inside DJs' mouths perfectly. We were kind of annoyed with that. At the same time, I think we always kind of want to give people something that they won't expect so maybe on the next record, it won't be like that. Maybe it'll be 'Track One,' 'Track Two,' 'Track Three.' That's what our humor's like and how we think as people. |
I totally miss all that stuff. Touring in a van, playing small shows — those end up being the coolest times. Sure, they were terrible at the time, and we slept on a lot of floors next to a lot of cat poop. But when you think about them, they were what brought everybody together. They were like adventures. |
I want people to know that who you are in highschool, isn't gonna be who you are for the of your life. We were all geeks in high shool, and now look at us, now we're on TR *#@#$* L ! YEAH! |
I write the lyrics. Patrick writes the music. We are in love and live in a castle in the sky. Our next door neighbors are carebears. Grumpy bear has a Baditude, but I still heart him. I hope your life is as magical as ours is. |
I'll be honest, those are all right pictures. But had I known that 4 million people would have seen me naked, I would have probably tried to take more flattering pictures. But at least now me and Morrissey have taken our first press photo together. |
I'm gonna say something unpopular here, but I'm the one with the microphone, and you're not. |
If you aren't just a little bit depressed, then you aren't paying very much attention to what's going on in the world. |
If you know me you know how uncool I am. I stutter, wear bad clothes, make bad jokes, make conversation uncomfortable, the list goes on. Thank you for making me feel okay. |
It was a white A-Team van, and because it had no windows, it was hot as crap. It had a big flower spray-painted on the side. The brakes went out on it when we were driving down this alley, and I go to our guitar tech — 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 he said, 'Fence,' so I hit the fence and it bounced into the van. |
It was just the last straw for me. They are a multi-platinum band. What's the point of going after us? |
It's a band that we grew up on and thought was really cool. It's definitely influenced Fall Out Boy, so it's definitely cool to be a stepping stone for that band for people to check them out. |
It's just not cool when people are on stage and yelling 'faggot' and stuff like that and making people feel uncomfortable. |
It's like a bunch of hard-core kids who decided they were going to write pop music. |
It's something we've always wanted to do as a band, just a quick jaunt through VFW halls and venues like that. We'd announce the show the night before or maybe play under some secret names. And we thought it would be cool because we don't feel like any band has gotten to a certain size and still gone on a VFW hall tour. So we'd like to play a couple of dates on the East Coast. Watch out for it. |
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." |