We Reserve The Right To Make Fun

During The Downtime On Tour, I Simply Walk From Room To Room, Staring Into My Computer.

He [patrick Stump] Is Been A Friend Of Ours For A Long Time, And When We Were Talking About Working With Different Producers And Songwriters For The Record, Patrick's Name Came Up. We Were Excited To Work With Him - He's A Very Gifted Lyricist And Songwriter, And A Really Cool Guy And It Was A Pleasure To Work With Him In The Studio.

I Firmly Believe Artists Should Be Paid For What They Create.

There Was A Great Push And Pull Of What Blink-128 Should Sound Like All The Time. Travis Barker Comes From A Different Background Than I Do, And Tom Delonge Comes From A Different Background Than Either Of Us In Terms Of What We Write And What We Think A Song Should Be. Tom Pushes Me Out Of A Box That I Put Myself In.

I Think That Breaking Into The Mainstream - It Was Just The Right Cycle Of Music For Us In Blink-182. People Were Kind Of Over The Boy-band, Pop-princess, Manufactured Sensibility, And Were Excited For Guitars And Angst And Energy And Enthusiasm, Which Is Our Thing.