“Now I understand how I was overshadowing the band, especially Patrick. This kid is a fucking genius. He’s probably one of the best melody writers around. In any band that would have been talked about constantly, but I was just overshadowing it. I knew it, but I didn’t know how to stop it. It was a snowball that had just gotten so big.” - Pete Wentz
“Over the years, working through my own ego and all that, I’ve arrived at the understanding that Pete’s one of my favorite lyricists of our generation. Writing songs with his words is an amazing experience now that I’m mature enough to appreciate it. And holy smokes do I appreciate it. Getting this record out is a total joy.” - Patrick Stump
it took me 3 times reading this post to realized that (wild) meant living in the wild and wasn’t just a casual remark on the longevity of these organisms
highlights from the virtual signing joe did back before his book tour, cause i havent seen anyone talk about it yet:
ppl who participated in the signing got to do a sweepstakes for a merch package and when the spokesperson was showing it off joe was like “and it’s got a LOCKPICK and a GARROTE and a BALACLAVA so just DO WHATEVER DAMAGE YOU LIKE”
he introduced black flag, his favorite band, to his daughter and she thought it sounded terrible lkdfjldjfkd
when fob went to induct green day at the hall of fame joe mentions smoking weed with joan jett and miley cyrus. icon.
he regrets not having better tools to deal with his anxiety about touring and worrying about how every time he got in the van he’d be leaving home. “…and i wish i had, instead of looking out the back window, looked toward the front of the van and realized i was with four or five of my best friends and that i was in safe company.”
re: the rest of the band, “they are like brothers, at the end of the day. it’s a brotherly relationship.”
his 8 year old begs him to watch horror movies and r-rated movies with him and he tells her she can watch them when she’s 30
“let’s talk about music. nothing better than talking about music. don’t listen to it. just talk about it.”
when asked about his proudest accomplishment: “i love all my children equally. but here’s the reality. i am SO proud of fall out boy because it’s a gigantic band that i started as a teenager. we just did stadium shows supporting GREEN DAY.”
he’s also super proud of the damned things and how honored he was that scott ian from anthrax, one of his personal heroes, trusted him to do so much writing
the interviewer goes, “all right here’s a softball” and joe goes, “SOFT ME. uh, what?”
his favorite guitar is his 1965 reverse-body gibson firebird
his favorite transformer is grimlock
this question was supposed to be a lightning round but when asked “nintendo or sega” he says nintendo and then spends about 3 minutes talking abt punchout and then rattling off obscure sonic trivia. i love him.
his favorite video game is final fantasy 7. he says he “nearly flunked” out of middle school because of it.
he has a hard time picking a favorite horror movie since he loves horror but he picks “texas chainsaw massacre” as the one that affected him the most. he also recommends “anything for jackson” because it will “give you nightmares, if you are interested in having nightmares”
his favorite star wars character is yoda because his wisdom applies to real life very frequently
a fan-submitted question talked about with knives and how much the fan liked his vocals and both the interviewer and joe smiled REALLY big!!!!
sadly he doesn’t like singing that much cause he doesn’t like his voice. also he says fall out boy has a really good singer already. but he won’t rule out doing some solo venture and recording super distorted vocals someday
re: what he wants to be remembered for the most - “having a sick bod, man.”
“no, genuinely, i want my children to remember me as a good father. that’s like the truth. and for having a sick bod.”
he really doesn’t hold any grudges about the hazing he got in the early days of touring because it was an initiation ritual and it weathered him quickly to touring life. he doesn’t think people could get away with it now though.
“if you’re gonna punch somebody though, do it when they’re not looking”
re: favorite song to play live - “i don’t care” because it “Just Rocks.” and it’s really fun!
his bluetooth in his car started playing “of all the gin joints in the world” and he texted patrick about how good of a song it was and how it’d be nice to play it live again
“as the kids maybe used to say, it SLAPS.” brief discussion regarding the difference between a bop and a slap.
currently most of his musical ambitions lie in whatever fall out boy will do next
he tried scoring and composing for commercials and the like and he found that he really does not like it that much
he apologizes for not getting a haircut before the livestream. “this is just how i am, sloppy and unpresentable.” (note: he was doing this livestream after a 13-hour flight from rock in rio in brazil)
happy soul punk’s 11th bday.. its in middle school now omg
i asked myself how would patrick like to wear the devil suit outfit these days? and my brain supplied me with devil horn cap, tshirt with a bowtie print at the neck line all topped off with a red cardigan
