Patrick Stump Quotes

“Everyday you gotta wake up & be yourself, even if you suck, especially if you suck, because no one else sucks like you suck - Patrick Stump”
― Patrick Stump

“No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're all too busy thinking bad things about themselves.”
― Patrick Stump

“Stray thought for the day: Putting boundaries on how punk should sound/look is the least punk rock thing one can do. Be yourself=Very punk.”
― Patrick Stump

“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

“I'm a vampire. So I don't age. Except I chew vegetables instead of suck blood.”
― Patrick Stump

“Be yourself! Love your mom, but if she's trying to get you to be someone you're not, she's in the wrong”
― Patrick Stump

“Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then, start by copying them...just as an exercise. See if you can do similar things. Learn how to write a song like so and so. Then, when you've done that, write a song like yourself. Learn to color within the lines before going outside them.”
― Patrick Stump

“Good! Hang in there! It's normal! [Low self-esteem] Often it's a sign of intelligence (but don't let that go to your head haha)”
― Patrick Stump

“I don't ship anything. Except when I have to send packages through the mail. Now, please stop asking about fanfic.”
― Patrick Stump

“In reply to 'how do I flirt with people?':
Just be yourself and not want anything out of anybody. Desire is the killer of all smoothness.”
― Patrick Stump

“Someday you'll meet people who are actually on crack and you won't think that's a super funny thing to say.”
― Patrick Stump

“Tattoos are cool. I probably won't ever get any”
― Patrick Stump

“Eh. Hipster's not really a thing anymore. Plus, hipster or out of touch old dude? Same uniform really...”
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“I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating is more rewarding.”
― Patrick Stump

“Replies don't matter unless we have actual conversation though. Like, wouldn't you rather be understood than acknowledged”
― Patrick Stump

“Pessimism is basically being too inflexible or too impatient with your dreams. Thanks for being so kind!!!”
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“feel like I've never really been beholden to any genre. FOB's kind of changed on every record”
― Patrick Stump

“In reply to '@cloppingemo: everyone sees me as a failure and a horrible person and they make sure I know:
'Everyone', doesn't. Trust me on this one; You're being dramatic. You're in a hard place but it's important to go through. Hang in there, buckle down, hold your head up, and do your best. That's all you can do and when people criticize you, listen to them; Either they're right or wrong but they're not always trying to hurt you. Try and really understand where criticism is coming from. "You can do better," is well intentioned. "You're stupid," is not.”
― Patrick Stump

“In reply to: '@Hugmelester: Patrick, i've wanted to start self harming again but at the same time i don't want to.'
" Don't. I'm no expert on this specific subject but with many things in life, a little work goes a long way.Try and identify what it is that's triggering that impulse. Then, try and figure out how you can avoid or deal with it. But don't continue channeling it into self harming; There's no benefit to it. Ever.”
― Patrick Stump

“God, is too complicated a concept to tweet about. As the Simpsons said: "Short answer 'No,' Long answer 'Yes,' with a 'But,”
― Patrick Stump

“About Soul Punk:
There was this moment where I worried FOB really wasn't coming back so I tried to make a hit record out of an art project.”
― Patrick Stump

“In reply to 'Do you think your old music is better?':
If I did, I would have quit music altogether. You should never put out anything if you don't think it's good.”
― Patrick Stump

“I don't believe any genre of music can be unilaterally dismissed (aside from like, white-power music or something).”
― Patrick Stump

“Eh, "Haters," never bothered me. Nothing on twitter is serious. I only dislike when folks attack each other.”
― Patrick Stump

“Anything with drums, bass, and guitars is under the pop umbrella. We'll continue to try new sounds as long as we're a band and just by growing up and moving on in your life doesn't mean you hate an earlier part of your life.”
― Patrick Stump

“Uh, those problems never fully go away; Nobody's career is invincible. We're beyond blessed to still even have a record deal.”
― Patrick Stump

“I probably would have made music but listening to Elvis Costello took my life in a completely different direction.”
― Patrick Stump

“Anything with drums, bass, and guitars is under the pop umbrella. We'll continue to try new sounds as long as we're a band.”
― Patrick Stump

“Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did.”
― Patrick Stump

“Blood brothers in desperation
Oath of silence for the voice of a generation”
― Fall Out Boy