Pete Wentz Quotes
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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.
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There's nothing worse than watching an old wrinkly guy going, 'Hey, baby.' You're like, 'Dude, that's lame.' It's cool to fall in love and grow old with someone.
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But our love isn’t easy because it’s not meant to be. It requires work and sacrifice and protection. And I wouldn’t want it any other way, not right now, with the morning sun making the curtains glow and Her arms around my neck and the sounds of the street so far away. I’m in it for the long haul, I’m not going away.
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I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.
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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.
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It's semi-frustrating when your name actually becomes a synonym for douchebag.
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However, when given the chance, many people choose cocaine over love. I wouldn’t say that’s a bad choice. The endorphins released during infatuation are similar to heroin. OxyContin, “the cuddling hormone,” most often found in new mothers and newlyweds, is like ecstasy; every touch tingles. I think I read that somewhere. Love exists in powder. Love exists in pills. We are all addicts.
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Sometimes the person that is best for you is the person right under your nose. I wanted to have a girlfriend in high school, and I know I would have treated a girl well, but instead I was just friends with a lot of girls. They ended up telling me later on, 'We're so perfect together,' but at the time, I wasn't the cool-enough guy.
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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.
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Everyone you idolize wakes up scared to be themselves sometimes.
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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.
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I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity.
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Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.
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I’ve always been a dreamer, have always believed in the power of love and art and loud, life-affirming rock and roll, but, for the first time, I’m starting to have doubts. Can a dream even exist in reality? Or does it turn to stone the second it leaves your mind?
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You can live with me in this house I've built out of writers blocks.
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We're just like a movie based on a book-- almost, but not quite as good.
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I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.
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What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?
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For the most part, I hang out in my back yard with my dog, but there's no paparazzi trying to check that out.
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When I read a review, 90% of the review is about my lifestyle, and the last two sentences are about the record.
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The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.
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He sharpened his flaws and disappointments into daggers.
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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.
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Just a tiny red sliver remains in the battery icon. I wish humans came with the same kind of indicator . . . it would make things much easier. You would know how to deal with every person on the planet, and I’d always be in the red.