One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If I was going to do Fall Out Boy, I wanted it to be a real outlet for my writing.
Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
I used to think when I was in the Go-Go's that we were as wild as any of the boy bands.
I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.
When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.
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.
I could have been on a path that led to different, more traditional teen romance, and 'Nip/Tuck' shook me loose from any generalization I might have been forced into. It helped me understand I wanted to take on things that were edgier, more challenging and riskier.
Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.
In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.
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!