School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
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I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now… its AFI-liner
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There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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