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[patrickstumpquotes]

Let’s talk about that blog of yours. That post was incredible.

"Look, I can be colorful with some of my words sometimes. Sometimes I can very accidentally obscure the point I'm trying to make. It's a problem I have: I'm very good at talking over my point. The thing is, at no point in what I was [writing] was I saying I regretted putting out my record or was disappointed in the way my record was selling or disappointed in the experience of making the record. What I was disappointed in was seeing people so hateful about anything; I don't even care that it was me. I don't generally surround myself with YouTube commenters. It's just not how I live my life. It was the first time they came to me. I really saw it and said, “Wow, is this how a lot of the world is? Is this how the internet is? Is this how people talk to and think about each other? That's fucked up.” First it hurt me, but then it really depressed me in a weird kind of way. Like, “Wow, this is entertainment to us.”

It has to do with the blog I wrote the other day about the culture of hate. It's disappointing that that's entertaining to people. I think that's been a really major influence on my life now. I really make a point not to get so hateful with my words. It's such a waste of time to be like, “Oh, the first Grizzly Bear record is way better.” What the fuck? How is that relevant to fucking anybody? It doesn't advance life in any way."

- Patrick discussing his blog posts with Alternative Press (Issue #299)

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[patrickstumpquotes]

I’ve interviewed bands trying to evolve stylistically who crack wise about their favorite bands who have tried the same thing.

It's interesting bringing it up too, seeing it in other bands but not seeing in yourself. I thought about Saves The Day—huge influence. No question, I would not be in Fall Out Boy without Through Being Cool. It's very cool and popular within Saves The Day fandom, Through Being Cool or Stay What You Are or maybe if you're really cool you talk about Can't Slow Down. But any time someone brings up In Reverie or any of the new stuff? [imitates snotty fan.] “Bah, just go back to whatever my favorite record was!”

An interesting thing happened to me with Lifetime, another one of my favorite bands. So my dream came true: They got back together, and they made a record that was exactly as good as my favorite records of theirs. That record was freaking good. But… it didn't feel the same way to me. I went, “Huh, that is interesting.” They did everything right. They did everything that everyone in every blog talks about, that every kid, every message board has ever complained about: Why don't they just do the old stuff or write something good like that? I realized that it was me. You get older and you're not going to relate to things the same way; it's just not how things happen. I'm not going to be 16 again and hear Jersey's Best Dancersfor the first time again. That's not going to happen to me. That was a big thing for me: It informed Save Rock And Roll and everything I've been doing since then. Because it reminded me that when Ari [Katz, Lifetime vocalist] was off doing his really crazy, very different stuff, that was really punk rock. When Lifetime came back and did their new record, that was punk rock, too. But they were lateral moves.

That was a huge moment for me in the way that I philosophically approach music now. It's an insult for me to go out there and ignore new ideas that I have. It's an insult to the audience. I don't think Lifetime did that; I think they found excitement in doing something that sounded like their old thing. The point is that as a listener you have to accept that there's a new listener. Every new record that comes out maybe isn't for you.

- Patrick with Alternative Press (Issue 299)

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[patrickstumpquotes]

What were some of your favorite mistruths circulating out there about the reunion?

"It was funny timing. The 10-year anniversary [of Take This To Your Grave] had something to do with it. That one was hilarious to me, because it was almost right, but [bloggers] had no idea what they were talking about."

- Patrick interview with Alternative Press (issue #299)

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