Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Andy Hurley

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Last updated on April 22, 2025.

Andrew John Hurley is an American musician. He is the drummer for the rock band Fall Out Boy. Prior to Fall Out Boy, Hurley played in several hardcore punk bands. He joined Fall Out Boy as the full-time drummer in 2003 and was in the band's lineup until its hiatus in 2009. Following that, he formed the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things with Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman; the group went on hiatus after its debut album, Ironiclast (2010), due to band members focusing on their original bands' new album cycles. Hurley moved on to hardcore punk band Enabler which released a debut album and toured in 2012.

American - Musician | Born: May 31, 1980

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My whole thing is I'm not into civilization as a whole.

Andy Hurley

I suppose people do sometimes not understand the seeming disparity between my onstage personality and my public personality in the press. But I feel that I am definitely a louder, more outspoken person with those I am close to.

Andy Hurley

Being the drummer of Fall Out Boy, and any other project I've ever done, is most importantly about playing for the music. Staying out of the way when it's needed and playing more when it makes sense.

Andy Hurley

One thing that's always been important to me is to try and build a tool kit, drumming-wise, that was diverse and wide-ranging in terms of what I played.

Andy Hurley

Ultimately, I am an employee of a corporation, and that's weird and does contradict some of the things I believe in. But at the same time, I have to make a living.

Andy Hurley

I never really feel old. Young 'til I die, minus some Internet-speak misunderstandings.

Andy Hurley

I would never slam my iPhone, and I never punched a metal door frame for any time.

Andy Hurley

Patrick and Joe were so young when we started the band. As slow as it was, with all the touring and crappy clubs we played, we still never had time to stop and reflect. When we took a break, it finally gave us time to reflect and grow up.

Andy Hurley

Music is the first thing I didn't give up.

Andy Hurley

The only actual solution is the eventual collapse and demise of civilization... I think it needs to happen, but no one, not even me, really wants it to happen.

Andy Hurley

My calendar was empty. Touring the way we did and having a schedule like we did institutionalizes you in a way where you don't know anything else. I think I went through the darkest depression I've ever felt in my life.

Andy Hurley

I definitely stayed away from Twitter. I didn't want to be geotagged or anything.

Andy Hurley

If we did end tomorrow, I would be so stoked and proud of everything I've done and how I lived my life. I feel like I've had enough experiences for multiple lives.

Andy Hurley

Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Andy Hurley

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