Chad Gilbert

“One of the most distinctive things about our band is Jordan's voice. It stands out - in a good way for some people and in a bad way for others. But there's no mistaking it. That gives us a lot of room to do what we want musically. With Jordan singing, it'll always sound like New Found Glory.”

“When you're recording a ninth studio album, you can't fail. You don't really have any fears. You just make the best record that you like. You hope your fans are gonna like it, but if they don't, they have eight other ones to listen to.”

“I think one of the reasons people are so passionate about our band is because we're so accessible.”

“If you're in the music to move to Hollywood and be in 'People' magazine dating an actress or dating some Hollywood celebrity, are you into it for that side of it? Are you in it to be a millionaire? Or are you in it because you love it and you like playing music and you like going on tour?”

“The band will always be our number one, and I don't see it ever stopping. We love playing, so why would we want to stop?”

“I always looked up to Billie Joe because every song on Green Day's albums was catchy and good.”

“We'd practice in my living room and it was awesome. Our parents were pretty supportive of it because they thought it was cute. I don't think they ever realized how far we would go with it.”

“People don't know what star-struck is until they've met Tom Hanks.”

“If you watch old Cars videos, they don't make any sense. They're just fun to watch. There doesn't need to be storyline, and you don't need to know why anything is happening.”

“What's really cool about 'This is Me' is that our friends loved the song. Older punk rock fans don't know 'The Greatest Showman,' haven't seen the movie. And they hear that song and they're like, 'This just sounds like an awesome New Found Glory song. This is a really good song.'”

“Though we love the big exposure, our true love and passion is for the intimate club shows.”

“We have awesome and loyal fans. They'll buy our CD, then buy three more copies for their friends.”

“My stepfather, Steve Mallonee, is a retired Miami Beach firefighter, loved and adored by many. After numerous years of heroic work, saving lives through fire and heavy smoke, he has developed a very fatal lunge disease called Pulmonary Fibrosis.”

“Our shows are more fun when there aren't barriers.”

“We think of the Warped Tour as kind of like everyone's big birthday party.”

“I travel for theme parks.”

“Epitaph is the place to be! They were all longtime, true fans of New Found Glory and they understand us.”

“We obviously need to make money to survive, but we aren't going to sacrifice our creative integrity to do anything that doesn't feel like us.”

“Fans feel so close to us and can relate to us because not only do we look like the kids at our shows, we're in the crowd with the kids at our shows. We don't create this weird barrier like we're some crazy rock band.”

“All our old record reviews were like, 'Oh, these skate punk kids, blah, blah, blah.' And I don't skate, and we're not skate punks.”