I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMinority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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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’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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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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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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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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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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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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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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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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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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I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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