Josh: “That’s what she said.”
“I wish I was Wonder Woman.”
“My dad… he doesn’t play that many instruments. He played trumpet in high school band. But he made a lot of friends with the bands we toured with, and because of that, he supports us.”
“Some days the only moments you get to yourself are the ones you spend on a toilet. That’s why I take so long to pee.”
“We are just the same as we’ve always been. Sure, we’ve changed. BUT. We are the same 5 people who started the band in 2004. We don’t believe any hype that may be written about us… And we all realize that in one single day it could all be gone.”
“I know all about Youtube!”
“I feel like I’m doing a Proactiv commercial right now. 2 weeks and my skin was flawless!”
“I got cabin fever, and I cant stop playing with my shoes.”
“Your butt does kinda….stick out..”
(Said that to Josh)
“Apparently, once you go Blackberry, you never go Backberry… Someone shoot me for that dad joke.”
“To anyone that ever told you that you’re no good…They’re no better.”
“Don’t let pain define you. I do that a lot… but we can fight it all together. That’s what I love about us and our fans. We fight together.”
“Next up is… Paramore’s new music video called Miz Biz. Ohhhh, my gosh. I LOVE them! The lead singer’s such a bitch.”
“I don’t care if the world or anyone in it tries to drag me down. Because I know that in the end, they will be the ones left tired from the struggle to hold me back.”
“I found that people really were reaching out to someone to spill their guts to so I did the same thing lyrically in the song and let everything out. It’s more honest than anything I’ve ever written, and the guys matched that emotion musically.”
(On writing Misery Business)
“When we think we know people inside out and we think we know what’s best for them we should try to remember we don’t even know what’s best for ourselves.”
“I wanna see some horns in the air!”
“Life has been going and going on. the side of myself - and the side of the dudes - that no one sees suffers from time to time but the thing that keeps me smiling is music. and it doesn’t feel like a band-aid type of smile. it’s genuine. i’m experiencing a lot of life for the first time and i’m learning things i never knew about the world. about music. about who i am in all of it.”
“Honesty is what brings people to change, and that’s what I’m trying to learn in my life.”
“Paramore will be the neighbor that comes over for tea and never leaves.”
“Any struggle or pain that you experience just gets you to the top and you can’t get there without making the climb. A few years later, you won’t remember exactly the way the pain felt or how long it took, you’ll remember the view from the top. In fact, you might smile at the fact you had to work to get there.”
“Life rules, and there’s no room for hate. So if you don’t like me, go punch yourself in the face.”
“This song goes out to all those children who deserve a second chance,”
(On We Are Broken)
“The girls here are falling apart and fast asleep… While the boys are playing Modern Warfare and partying hard. Boys still drool.”
