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

Billie Joe Armstrong

I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
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Body Country Lice
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Athlete Brother Way
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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Mainstream Punk Rocks
Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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Depend Night Play
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.
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Character Daughter Thinking
The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
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Home Naps Ordinary World
Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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Demented Like
The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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Background Broke People Quested The Question
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
To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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Anything Heart Mistake Successful
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.
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Anyone Going Punk Realize Think
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.
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Before Groove Making Started Stuff
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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Punk Rocks Thinking
I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Obnoxious Thought Today
I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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Careers Ideas Possibly
The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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Bigger Boring Risk

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