My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIt’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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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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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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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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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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