When I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of ‘Oh, I can’t’. They say it’s taboo. It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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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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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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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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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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