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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Education Granted Music
The darkness is coming now god dammit!
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Coming Dammit Darkness
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Lifestyle Punk Sound
That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Expectations Impact Thinking
I don’t like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn’t it sick?
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Majority Sick Thinking
If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Band Hate Stupid
I just plug in and let go.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Funny Inspiring Letting
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 ARMSTRONG

Emptiness Looks Rage
Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Depend Night Play
The things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Athlete Sports Believe
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Mainstream Punk Rocks
I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

People Song Writing
I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Prozac Used Working
I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Names Rocks Thinking
Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Broken Heart Glasses Together
With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Music Love Play Son

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