Patrick Stump quotes - page 3

I love Korean food, and it's kind of like home to me. The area that I grew up in outside Chicago, Glenview, is heavily Korean. A lot of my friends growing up were Korean and when I would eat dinner at their houses, their parents wouldn't tell me the names of the dishes because I would butcher the language. (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. View quote
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In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework. View quote
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I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better. View quote
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting. View quote
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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.' View quote
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I moved to L.A. and really didn't dig living there until I found places like Koreatown and Little Tokyo. I really like hanging out in the grocery stores and restaurants. View quote
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Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves. View quote
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again. View quote
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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. View quote
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky. (Patrick Stump)
One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions. View quote
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I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember looking around at the portion sizes of a fast food restaurant and being like, 'Well, this has something to do with it.' Americans definitely eat too much. View quote
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy. View quote
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When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun. View quote
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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. View quote
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Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don't have anything to say, you stop making art - you might start making product. And I'm interested in being an artist. View quote
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When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with. View quote
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you. View quote
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I always thought 'Stump' was kind of like, you dropped something on your foot. It's not the most exotic rock-star name. View quote
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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 same kind of music. When bands break up, there are all these buzz words that get tossed around to maintain a front for the audience, but in this case there literally were creative differences. (Patrick Stump)
In Fall Out Boy, I noticed that I wasn't putting all that much soul into it. It was just kind of screaming, I guess. I was just dying to get out of there! View quote
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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing when you're younger as an artist you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better. View quote
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For some people, home is family and their mom's house or their girl or whatever, and I have those experiences as well, but the biggest thing for me is Chicago. I don't know how to explain it. View quote
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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 the act of hating. We connect on the things we are disappointed in. Some may argue that nothing in history gathers a crowd like complaining about Lady Gaga's meat dress. View quote
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