We Just Kind Of Did

I Think People Take Blink-128 More Seriously Now Than They Did Before. And It's Largely Our Fault Because We Called Our Records Enema Of The State And Take Off Your Pants And Jacket. We Were Always Kind Of The Underdogs, Especially Critically. People Wrote Us Off As This Joke Band. But The People Who Listened To Blink Knew That We Were Silly And Whatever, But We Wrote Songs About Divorce And Suicide And Depression. Those Kids That Were Listening To Blink Are Now The Ones That Control All These Outlets That Used To Just Write Us Off.

Make Yourself Look Really Stupid So You Don't Feel Bad Doing Something A Little Stupid.

It Really Expresses A Man In Pain.

Writing Music And Lyrics That Mean Something Personal To Me. It's An Exciting, Intense, Cathartic, This-is-who-i-am Experience.

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.