Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIt’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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I think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
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She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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You’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.
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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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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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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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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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