![]() ![]() I’m just screaming and going fucking crazy. I had a chicken sandwich in my car, and it spilled all over the floor-lettuce and all that crap. Maybe six months ago, I was driving to therapy and turned this corner. You’re trying to be the best you can be, but neuroses get in the way. There’s a conflicted nature to being a human being. I hear, “Hey, Pete, come over and have a drink with us.” And I’m like, Oh my God, Dave Grohl just said my name! I went over, and I was trying to order a drink, and he was like, “No, we’re just drinking Crown Royal. I’d overheard something about myself at the awards and was feeling kind of lonely, and I walk into the lobby and see Dave Grohl and his friends. ![]() I was walking through a hotel lobby in Berlin during the Europe Music Awards. Why give yourself more stuff to be stuck with? If I could have zero tattoos, I’d have zero right now. They’re just like, “You’re here to make pancakes.” There’s something grounding about that. It’s like you’re starting in the red and working just to get back to zero. The toughest thing about fame is that people feel like they know me before they meet me. Make a friend who has one.” Now I understand what he meant. We were in the studio with Babyface, and he gave us this advice: “Don’t ever pay for a private jet. Same thing when Fall Out Boy took off: Oh my God, the stones are floating. It’s like when Luke levitates the stones in The Empire Strikes Back. When magical things happen, you don’t really realize it at first. At the time I thought he was so goofy, but looking back, it was a very solid dad move. My dad used to come out from work, and he’d be in a suit and tie. I remember playing the Fireside Bowl with one of my bands. It never felt like it was going to be anything bigger than that. We realized, We aren’t going to be like the Rolling Stones, but we can have fun next weekend and play a bunch of fast songs in somebody’s garage. I got into playing music when I was 14 or 15. ![]() Now I look for outsiders-people who are the one grain of wood running the opposite way. I spent a good amount of time trying to fit in. My mom has Jamaican heritage, so we grew up as mixed kids in Wilmette. The person I am onstage is just an adrenalized version of me. It’s silly to me when rock bands are these superserious guys. It can be goofy and funny and tongue-in-cheek. We’re superserious about making art, but the art doesn’t need to be superserious. I feel like I’m stuck in a loop of bad hair days. The biggest luxury on our concert rider is we get new socks and underwear every day. Three of us have kids now, and you’re more likely to find a bounce house backstage. A lot of shows ended with the fire marshal showing up. When you’re young and thrust into this life, no one gives you a handbook on how you’re supposed to behave. ![]()
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