Joe Trohman: Quotes about people

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“There’s a lot of spaz inside of me. I know people don’t want to see it throughout the day, so I figure, why not unleash it all onstage.”

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

“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)

“The other day I went to a Japanese restaurant and then to Target, and I got bugged. But just last night, I went to a jazz bar. Nobody bugged me there. So it all depends upon where I go to hang out. It’s never that bad. Honestly, most people are like super cool, and they’ll just come up to me and shake hands, and that’ll be it. But it rarely gets out of control.”

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

“You can’t judge a band until you see them live really. Sometimes it makes people love bands they hated.”

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

“We mean a lot to each other as musicians and people, but sometimes we start believing what people write about us: The band is just one guy or two guys. That can be harsh for the soul.”

On the lack of attention he and Andy Hurley get
My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue (2004), Rolling Stone Interview

“If people want to call us emo, that’s totally cool. We started out as a pop punk band, because we were very much interested in giving the band a sound like Green Day or The Descendents, but I think we’ve turned into a rock band. Some of our lyrics are definitely emotional, but some Zeppelin lyrics are pretty emotional, too. You could call them an emo band as well.”

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

“The moment you meet him you're like 'this dude's famous,' whether a million people know it or no one knows it. The first time I met him, when I was like 16, I was like, 'This is a dude I want to know.' He just has a magnetic personality. And I think there's something kind of cool about the front man of our band being the bassist who doesn't sing.”

On Pete Wentz
TV.com

“I did play a ’63 Relic. Before people cared about FOB I played a lot of Les Pauls and Les Paul Juniors.”

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