American Suiteheart I must confess Im in love with my own sins Patrick Stump More Quotes by Patrick Stump More Quotes From Patrick Stump When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try to treat the world better than it treated you. Patrick Stump bad-daywisdomtrying Every band always tells you to raise your middle finger. Patrick Stump middle-fingerfingersband Probably the most cold-hearted thing I ever did. There was this spider in my shower - and I'm usually very kind to all of the creatures of the world - and you feel very vulnerable when you're naked, and I didn't really want to be near this spider he was kinda big and gnarly looking. The only thing that I could reach in the shower was this hairspray. So I hairspray-ed this spider to death, which was awful. I felt like such a jerk. It was really, really harsh. Patrick Stump cold-heartedgnarlynaked Fear is killing us, but true love can survive. If we cooperate, we can beat doubt. But first, rebuild trust. Take responsibility. Happiness is still free, though not always apparent when it's right in front of us. So keep calm, it's gonna get better. Patrick Stump get-betterresponsibilitydoubt Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger. The person that you'd take a bullet for is behind the trigger. Patrick Stump bulletsget-betterdarkness No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're all too busy thinking bad things about themselves. Patrick Stump too-busybusythinking 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 upliftingstuffwriting I'm very much a night person. Morning is a thing I only experience because I have to. Patrick Stump night-personmorningnight You could be your own spotlight! Patrick Stump spotlight 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. Patrick Stump recordswantart Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you. Patrick Stump music-isimportantthinking 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. Patrick Stump funwayart I always think about opportunity and how you regret the things you don't do. Patrick Stump regretopportunitythinking There are two types of bands - there are the ones that are basically solo projects anyways, where there's clearly the one guy who's driving the ship and everyone else is just along for the ride. And then there was my band, where you have a few very disparate-taste, creative people who kind of meet in the middle somewhere. Patrick Stump creativetwopeople 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. Patrick Stump regretboysfall 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 say something in the negative sense and have class. Patrick Stump mindclassmean Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world Patrick Stump arrogantselfishworld My bucket list is pretty much checked off. But oh, we should play in space! Let's do that. We'll play in space, up on a satellite somewhere. Patrick Stump bucketsspaceplay Speed is absolutely key to creativity. The more time it takes to create something, the less likely you are to create something. Patrick Stump creativitykeysinspire Quiet IS the new loud. Patrick Stump loudquiet
