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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing when you're younger as an artist you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.
Patrick Stump
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Patrick Stump
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 27
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I always think about opportunity and how you regret the things you don't do.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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I have always loved David Bowie. When he began to experiment with pop music in the 80's, I really thought there was a really fascinating reverence for it. A lot of people looked at pop music as just idiot music, or dance music, and with this he was giving it a lot of respect.
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Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger. The person that you'd take a bullet for is behind the trigger.
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I don't mind if someone thinks I'm a sell out. I go to bed happy knowing I do what I do and I'm not doing anything for reasons of money, and if I were trying to pick up chicks, I'm doing a horrible job. And if I wanted to drive awesome cars, I'm doing a really bad job there too.
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I would love to hang out with Elvis Costello, to see what he's up to because he seems so fascinating to me.
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You could be your own spotlight!
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