The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGYou’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.
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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
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We’ve been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot… we’ve done everything ourselves until this point, so thank you to everybody … do everything you f – -n’ believe in, because this is what it’s all about.
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When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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Our passion is our strength.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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