Ryan Ross Quotations

We really clicked with the label and they understood what we wanted to do as a band. They gave us a lot of freedom to do what would make us happy with our music.

It was two extremes of influence being put next to each other: the most electronic music we have on the record and the most old, out-of-style music we have on the record.

Because we had two songs online (before the album was out), people were already making assumptions about what kind of band we were and what our album was going to sound like. And that's what a lot of the album is about. It's directed at all those kids that talk on message boards.

Things have been happening very fast. We've been pretty much busy from the week we got signed; since then, we've only had a week and a half off.

It takes two seconds. . . . No more fishing in your wallet or purse for credit cards.

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.

Throwing a line out to sea To see if I can catch a dream

I wish the camera could smell my armpits. Dude, mine smell good.

Success has many fathers, failure many sons.

It's disgusting. Why would people idolize someone who doesn’t do anything and saying you're a model/photographer with a digital camera and photoshop does not count as an artist.