A biography for Pete Wentzhasn’t been written yet.
“There are bands that I got into when I was 15, when I was mad at my dad and just wanted to be different. I don't think I'd give those bands half a chance now. But I hold some kind of nostalgia for them that I won't let go. Bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag.”
“Here's the thing about hair; I think most people think that I have Lego hair, like I can just take it on and off in one piece, and that's not quite the case - although pretty close.”
“What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?”
“Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.”
“I was diagnosed with ADD - see also: raised on sugary cereals and cartoons - and manic depression. So I was prescribed Ritalin for the ADD, and for the manic imbalances I was prescribed mostly benzodiazepines, which I loved, and antidepressants.”
“As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then on and off since then.”
“It's bizarre to have both a super-connected and disconnected world. Like, you can use Twitter in the most narcissistic way. Do people really need to know that I'm drinking a latte right now? It's so indulgent.”
“I like idolator.com a lot. Every once in a while they shred me on there, but it's usually pretty funny.”
“For the most part, I hang out in my back yard with my dog, but there's no paparazzi trying to check that out.”
“I don't think I understood guitar rock as well as I probably should have. I don't think I understood bands like Led Zeppelin. In their era, everyone had such a regard for them because of them ushering in rock n' roll and this larger-than-life lifestyle. But then they had these songs that would just not stop. I didn't fully get it.”
“You can live with me in this house I've built out of writers blocks.”
“I'm in the process of convincing my parents to sell me their house so I can just live in my childhood bedroom forever. I figure it might make me age slower.”
“I think hair is just, like, the most important thing about you.”
“The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.”
“I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity.”
“The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.”
“I remember my first kisses with a lot of people, and they're rad experiences. And you don't have to really take it to that next level because that's what keeps it exciting.”
“There's nothing worse than watching an old wrinkly guy going, 'Hey, baby.' You're like, 'Dude, that's lame.' It's cool to fall in love and grow old with someone.”
“I'm attracted to creative people and train wrecks, and there's no shortage of that in Los Angeles.”
“He hugged her tight, mixing their tears to be bottled and fermented, so they could be drunk on each other when this was all over.”