Despite originally auditioning as the drummer, and having no previous experience singing in a band, he became the somewhat reluctant lead singer after his vocal range was discovered.

In a Rolling Stone interview with Stump, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds said of him, "Patrick is one of the baddest dudes I've seen in a long time... He has a great voice -- very soulful."

In Fall Out Boy, Stump writes the majority of the music for the band, while bassist Pete Wentz writes the majority of the lyrics.

Guitarist Joe Trohman said of Stump, "I guess Patrick is some kind of musical genius - he's a total mad scientist."

I have another guy to add to my list of favorite voices, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. :D I've previously liked Pete Wentz, until I, well, saw more of him.

Patrick Stump seems cool. :)

He's 25 this year, and mixed songs for other bands like Good Charlotte and Bowling For Soup.

Listening to the song 'Headfirst' again and again and again, I got curious about the voice (which i grew to like really much).

In case you guys are wondering (in case, which i doubt so), my favorite voices list includes (order unimportant):

1. Ryan Key (YellowCard)

2. Jesse McCartney

3. Miley Cyrus initially i thought she had this deep, strong voice. i don't know why i changed my mind.

4. Patrick Martin Stump!haha...

yeah, here are some quotes from him that i found on facebook

(link: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=15494434589&topic=5163)

”Every day you've got to wake up and be yourself”
”Even though you suck?”
”Especially if you suck. 'Cause no one else sucks like you suck!”

"I played with My Chemical Romance once, at Warped tour. I played a song with them on drums. It was awesome. I was really nervous though because I hadn't played drums in, like, 5 years. I'm sitting in this little trailer, like a backstage room, and I'm sitting there and I'm practising my ass off and Gerard's like, "dude! It's OK, man, calm down!", and I'm like "NO NO NO! I haven't played in FIVE YEARS! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!". I took it really seriously and the song's, like, two minutes long."

"I gain weight if I eat an apple,"

"I've had to stand on a box.. which isn't in the least emasculating 'cause i'm not short.. um.. and uh.. yeah I sweat alot... alot, alot. little sweaty guy"

"I don't look like i'd be that good. But I'm amazing"

"Nintendo DS makes me forget that I don't have any friends"

"..again I can't tell if I like it or not, but it's nice to feel something for music even if it's like disgust and horror..."

"Whoever's in charge of my Wikipedia, alright, whoever you are - the major, most egregious thing in there isn't that, you know, apparently I'm bisexual and have like, twenty kids and, um, that I learned everything I know from a sixteen-year-old who probably wrote that in himself, but the most egregious of all the errors is that it says I am a massive David Bowie fan. Which is true, but it is a gross omission to leave out my obsession with Prince. Absolutely. So whoever you are, throw that in there. Go for it. You know what? Make me eighty feet tall. And you know, make me a transsexual. But put in Prince."

my favorite Patrick Stump quote:

"One of my problems is I can't be around art without trying to participate in it. I can't read because it makes me want to write. By chapter five of something, I've written more than I've read. Music is the same way. Walking down the street, if something's blasting out of somebody's car, I have to write something immediately. There's something natural about attempting something and missing the mark tremendously and coming up with something different. It's a huge part of music and art." -Patrick Stump

gosh. he'd put into words what i've been trying to express since i was eleven.

grateful for internet.