If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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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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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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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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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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When someone is in a car accident and they’re driving at 100 mph, drunk, who’s tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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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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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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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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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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Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.
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