Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy talks about the importance of <i>Dookie</i>

" I think to me it was more of this idea that rock'n'roll is an attitude, it's a counter-culture, and when we lose sight of that it's unfortunate because we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for certain rock'n'roll bands, and certain rock'n'roll moments. For me it was [Green Day's] Dookie. That was a really important record for me to understand that you can do this thing the way you want to do it. We each have those. If anything I hope that's what this record is for a lot of people. You can put it on and you feel like this is something you could do, and that you could relate to, and it's OK to be a little different and strange."