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When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.

Billie Joe Armstrong

For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on ‘Madden’.
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Green People Rocks
Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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Rain Run Running
Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you’re a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation – that people’s families and their young kids are being affected.
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Kids People Reality
When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
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Empathy People Thinking
What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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Band Rocks Roll Synching
I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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Comes Mouths Open
Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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Just Missionary Position
The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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Playing Saws Swimming
I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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People Song Writing
I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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Celebrities Hate People
I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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Englishmen Impersonating Sound
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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Attack Instruments Let
Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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Anything Better Making Mistakes
When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, “This song [“Ordinary World”] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio].”
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Ordinary World Radio Song
They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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Good Guy Looking Taste

When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.

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When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.

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