Joe Trohman: Quotes about music

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“Those chimps and orangutans [in our music video] get treated better than the ones in zoos. They’re loved, and they’re taken care of much better and cleaned much better. And they’re only allowed to work a certain amount of time every day. Plus, we had someone from Animal Protection there the entire time, making sure everything was cool. It’s really weird that people got pissed off about that. Those animals were treated quite well, probably better than most humans, and definitely better than animals in the zoo.”

My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue (2004), Ultimate Guitar Interview (2008)

“When I was getting into punk rock and hardcore when I was younger, "emo" was like Fugazi. It was these weird bands that were almost like post hardcore or post punk bands. Many were really political. Emo had to do with how they would vocalize, not the way in which it refers to our music.”

My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue (2004), Ultimate Guitar Interview (2008)

“If [music] has that tag on it, regardless if it sounds like that or not they’ll never go and find out what it really sounds like. To be labeled “emo” is sometimes very apropos, because there are a bunch of bands that actually sound like carbon copies of each other. But again, that’s music, so.”

My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue (2004), Ultimate Guitar Interview (2008)

“So many different styles of music have influenced us individually and as a band. I think heavy metal is there. It’s not always the most predominant factor in Fall Out Boy, but it’s definitely there. Andy and I are huge metal heads.”

My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue (2004), Ultimate Guitar Interview (2008)