Quotes from Pete Wentz

When I read a review, 90% of the review is about my lifestyle, and the last two sentences are about the record.

I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.

The only reason you even start a band is so you can hang out with your friends all the time, but somewhere along the line, it just ends up becoming a job. You were doing it because you were like, 'I never want to have to get a job,' then all of a sudden it becomes the biggest job you could ever imagine.

What are you looking at?" she asks. What am I looking at? My future wife? The mother of my children? The person I was put on this earth to find? Yes.

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

You can live with me in this house I've built out of writers blocks.

I think Kurt Cobain and Nirvana represent this giant wave that came crashing in and turned music on its head again, and there's definitely something to be said for that.

I've always believed in God. I'm just not so sure he believes in me.

The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.

Emo is over, you can all go home now

Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.

It takes knowledge to know something. It takes guts to do what you know.

Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.

I think you need something to take care of in order to figure out who you are as a person, and in that way, being a dad has levelled me out more than anything. You've just got to be good for that person no matter what's going on in your head that day.

Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there

It's strange - there's a public persona of me that does nothing for me: the side of me where it's 'US Weekly,' where 12 cars sit outside my house because of who I married. That side never shuts off. I would like that to shut off sometimes, yes.

With marriage and fatherhood, I've finally found two fixed points in my life. They've taught me patience. They've also taught me that I don't need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme.

Ghost towns filled with sad people who settled for what life offered them. The road unfurls before us. Everything is possible. I feel sick to my stomach.

I think everyone should go crazy at least once in their life. I don't think you've truly lived until you've thought about killing yourself.

Everyones greatest fantasy is to walk away from the life (they think)you lead

I wanted to find a cave and hang out there for the rest of my life and be a cave painter and eat dirt.

I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life when I was that guy.