I never share what he says privately, but I feel this one is important for people to know. I only included parts needed to get the point across:
“The whole reason I’m talking to anyone, you, anybody, the whole reason I have twitter, the whole reason I have a tumblr, the central reason I decided to go into the public eye was to change these behaviors […] I was scared by internet culture…pop culture. The way we treat people. The way we objectify not only celebrities, but each other. It disgusted me. So, I wanted to do something about it; I wanted to put my (positive) stamp on pop culture. I wanted to inspire people to go out and be good to each other. To inspire people to not be such selfish elitists, to not revel in arrogance and cruelty. That’s the only reason I left my hermit cave so to speak […] If I can inspire my audience to deal with those people in the same way, then I’ve made a little dent. Otherwise, I don’t see the point in being a public figure. It keeps me from making music, sometimes it interferes with my personal life, sometimes it interferes with the art itself, […]”
~ Patrick Stump
