The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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It’s not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It’s a music language that’s unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.
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I’m always a work in progress.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
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When I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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Some of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.
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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 thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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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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