“There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.”

Never run in the rain with your socks on.

I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.

I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.

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.

I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised.

In every song I write, whether it’s a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way.

I think everybody should get married. Boys and girls. Girls and boys. Boys and boys! Girls and girls! Shouldn’t we all be entitled to a family-Civil rights baby it’s civil rights. It doesn’t get any better here in Berkeley I’ll tell you that.

I love my friends and family, but playing, that’s my DNA.

It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options open.

I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]

I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.

We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.

I like to keep my girlish figure

Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.

Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.

Some of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.

We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.

I think that in life, being is nothing but an illusion. If we acknowledge that and accept the fact that we are in between states, that we are moving, and this movement is the nature of our lives

If I get an idea for a series that I really like, I’m sure I won’t be able to resist coming back and doing it.

I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.

Love shouldn’t be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can’t have that from the get-go, there’s a problem.

My point is I’m kind of an outlier. For whatever reason, the success still blows my mind – that I’m able to talk to people about the music I’ve written.

You intentionally start small, because you will not be able to compete with an incumbent… because the incumbent is always going to go for the full solution.

When I’m killed, don’t think of me Buried there in Cambrin Wood, Nor as in Zion think of me With the Intolerable Good. And there’s one thing that I know well, I’m damned if I’ll be damned to Hell!