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" There are bands that I got into when I was 15, when I was mad at my dad and just wanted to be different. I don't think I'd give those bands half a chance now. But I hold some kind of nostalgia for them that I won't let go. Bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag. "

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Pete Wentz

Live

People

Think

" 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. "

" I would never come out and say I was gay, because I'm not gay. And there's part of me that kind of wishes I was gay, and I think that that comes from anybody who is constantly wishing they were in the minority, you know, and constantly wants to be kind of fighting everybody off, you know? "

" When I heard 'Dookie' by Green Day for the first time, it unlocked something in me, like, it's totally okay that I'm a little bit weird because these guys are a little bit weird. It made me want to pick up an instrument and do that. "

" I don't have an issue finding guys attractive. "

" I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music. "

Pete Wentz

Love

Music

" In the past, my brain would never stop. Now I'm a father; the world no longer revolves around me. When I'm with Bronx, he's got my complete attention. He's the only thing that occupies my thoughts. "

" I love writing, but I have that E. E. Cummings idea that as long as you stay inside the rules of your own world, it doesn't matter what it is. "

" Ultimately, people do want to buy merch and tickets to support their favorite bands, but they don't want to feel like it's the only thing going on. "

Pete Wentz

Want

Feel

" I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books. "

" 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. "

" Soccer presented no challenge to me. Playing felt like breathing: I always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn't feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting. "

" When I said that I make out with dudes, there was a slight sense of sexual rebellion in that. And I probably even made it a bigger deal than it was. "

" Boys in bands are more difficult to deal with than one-year-old babies. I've been one of them, and I am one of them, but it is the truth. "

" I think hair is just, like, the most important thing about you. "

" I don't think I understood guitar rock as well as I probably should have. I don't think I understood bands like Led Zeppelin. In their era, everyone had such a regard for them because of them ushering in rock n' roll and this larger-than-life lifestyle. But then they had these songs that would just not stop. I didn't fully get it. "

" Somewhere I just want to find someone that's going to love me forever no matter what; I want someone to show the inside of my head to. That thought keeps me going. "

" 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. "

" When I was in high school, my thing was to get as close as humanly possible to a girl and just make her have to kiss me! You do the hug that's too close, where your mouth is close to hers and you kinda feel it out a little bit. "

" I think it's important to look at the world as a bigger place than just the bubble that we live in. It's so easy to get caught up in things of a trivial nature. "

" Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record - I support art. "

" I like idolator.com a lot. Every once in a while they shred me on there, but it's usually pretty funny. "

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

" I'm a little bit of a makeout king. I don't discriminate too much. "

" I wish I had never taken naked pictures of myself on a phone to send to a girl. It's the worst thing ever. "

" I like individual scents on a girl, so you always recognize her and you keep her separate from other people in your head. I really love Egyptian musk. I've even gone to the mall and sprayed perfumes and just smelled them. I'm creepy. So creepy. "

" I remember my first kisses with a lot of people, and they're rad experiences. And you don't have to really take it to that next level because that's what keeps it exciting. "

" Here's the thing about hair; I think most people think that I have Lego hair, like I can just take it on and off in one piece, and that's not quite the case - although pretty close. "

" I'm in the process of convincing my parents to sell me their house so I can just live in my childhood bedroom forever. I figure it might make me age slower. "

" 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. "