Brendon Urie

“When I was younger, I thought once I hit 25, I'd slow down. Nope!”

“I wanted to be an actor as a kid. My teacher in second grade had called a talent agency and had them call my house. My mom was so mad.”

“I guess if I had to classify myself, I'd say I'm straight.”

“I love Journey and Fleetwood Mac.”

“I can go to festivals and open spaces, but if I'm in a crammed room with a bunch of people - oh my God.”

“When I was a kid, we had acoustic guitars, a piano in the house. I made a drum kit out of buckets in my garage.”

“Halsey's a really great artist - her voice is great, and she has a really cool message behind her songs.”

“I didn't even go to graduation.”

“I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.”

“If I had come out with an album called 'Brendon Urie Does...' everyone would have been like, 'Who?' Even five albums in, I'm still faceless wherever I go, which is great.”

“There's actually a song called 'Vegas Lights,' which I wanted to be an anthem for Vegas, that represented how I felt when I went to the clubs. I felt this weird energy where everybody was having a good time, and it didn't matter. Dancing like nobody's watching. It was kind of beautiful.”

“It never came into question, taking the name away or changing it. Panic! has always symbolised some form of excitement that I couldn't get elsewhere.”

“I always miss New York when I leave it.”

“I used to watch the Broadway 'Les Miz' and study it.”

“There was a kid that used to pick on me... he used to drop my food and beat me up in little corners. Nothing serious, but tease me. I remember knocking his food out of his hand one time when he in the middle of explaining something to his friends, and they all laughed, so I thought that was pretty nice. 'Well, there you go buddy.'”

“I'm still a very big fan of Fiona Apple.”

“I still use a lot of good values from growing up in the Church, and there was a sense of community. But you were also being heavily judged by people that wanted to look down on you for not being as great as they are.”

“I think it's healthy for bands to discover new, older stuff.”

“When you can't put your finger on it, that's the most exciting stuff.”

“I would love to act. I get to do it in three and a half minutes in a video on a three-day shoot, which is fun.”