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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
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A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It’s below the radar. The beauty of it is that you’re not supposed to always know. It’s subterranean.
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We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
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I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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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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There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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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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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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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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