Quotes by Patrick Stump

About Patrick Stump:

Patrick Martin Stumph is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor and music critic, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist and composer of Fall Out Boy, an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois. Stump embarked on a solo career as a side project from Fall Out Boy during its hiatus.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

Patrick Stump

Touring on 'Folie' was like being the last act at the vaudeville show: We were rotten vegetable targets in clandestine hoods.

Patrick Stump

Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the 'Zhuangzi' is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of enigmatic short stories. It's a strange feeling to laugh at a joke written by someone in the 4th century B.C.

Patrick Stump

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 closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'...

Patrick Stump

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 took me in a totally different direction. I don't regret it at all, but the band delayed the record I ...

Patrick Stump

The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'

Patrick Stump

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

Patrick Stump

Everyone wants to pretend like they sprang out of the ground with an Animal Collective record in their hands and a David Bowie haircut, and that's just not the case. You discover these things gradually.

Patrick Stump

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

Patrick Stump

Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.

Patrick Stump

I write really scathing, angry stuff when I'm in a better mood, and then uplifting and happy stuff when I'm at the absolute bottom.

Patrick Stump

I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.

Patrick Stump

As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can...

Patrick Stump

Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith.

Patrick Stump

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. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.

Patrick Stump

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

Patrick Stump

In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.

Patrick Stump

I never really ate that bad, I just ate too much. It wasn't like I had to switch to whole wheat bread or something like that. I really just had to eat less of what I was eating, and I had to exercise more.

Patrick Stump

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-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comforta...

Patrick Stump

I think when you're 17 and you're angry, you're angry about very short-term things. And there's nothing wrong about writing that record. It's a very real record to write; it's the realest record I could write when I was 17. The problem is, when you'r...

Patrick Stump

I always thought 'Stump' was kind of like, you dropped something on your foot. It's not the most exotic rock-star name.

Patrick Stump

Author Bio

  • NamePatrick Stump
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornApril 27, 1984
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Musician; Record Producer; Actor