A biography for Jack Antonoffhasn’t been written yet.
“I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.”
“Bleachers comes from a different place. It's personal. It's just me putting myself out there as myself. It's very intense.”
“I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'”
“For better or for worse, I just have to be on tour for some portion of the year. But it's not easy, you know. It's not easy on the people you love, and I understand when people look at this life and say this isn't sustainable.”
“There was this darkness about being from New Jersey.”
“I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.”
“I've noticed that a lot of people in film always seem interested in music videos, like it's some, like, really exciting thing they've always wanted to do or something.”
“The music business is filled with some nice people but a lot of strange people, so when you come across someone who's really genuine at an environment as bizarre as an awards show, you typically gravitate to them.”
“When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.”
“I love to stay at home and write.”
“I'm 30. I'm not that young, right? I'm not, like, 24 or 22. I'm no longer in the phase of my life where I talk about everything as in the future. Like, I'm in the future.”
“Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.”
“When I was growing up, it was a lot of punk and hardcore music going on in legion halls and firehouses, and we'd play those shows, and it was very Jersey. It was very suburban, and there's just a great pride there.”
“The first time I ever got paid to play was 1/18/99, Fire Hall in Bordentown, New Jersey. Played first on the bill - we got paid $20!”
“I'm a part of your life. You might not know it, but I am.”
“'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.”
“At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.”
“I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.”
“Headlining can be sort of solitary - you're sort of on your own out there, and you start to feel for a change.”
“I don't like having to be pushed into a box.”