Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
If I was going to do Fall Out Boy, I wanted it to be a real outlet for my writing.
In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.
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 had been planning.
To hit bottom is to fall from grace.
I've always had this impression that notoriety came when you're trying to get notoriety.
Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.
I'm never gonna step away from stand-up. I can't. That's what got me where I am, and that's also my muse. That's how I stay level-headed. That's what keeps me going.
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!
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.