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Billie Joe Armstrong

I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
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Class Middle People Thinking
When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, “This song [“Ordinary World”] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio].”
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Ordinary World Radio Song
Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you’re a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation – that people’s families and their young kids are being affected.
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Kids People Reality
We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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Heart Song Writing
We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
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Broadway Directors Hbo Writer
I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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Pushing Songwriter
Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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Demented Like
I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Choices Men Thinking
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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Character Nuts Ordinary Party World
I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
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Before Groove Making Started Stuff
Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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Depend Night Play
The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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Bigger Boring Risk
Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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Dangerous Fun Rocks Roll
Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Mistake Risk Successful
I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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Care Hippie Want
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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Lying Nowhere Population

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