One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWith my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
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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 just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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I can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
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The musical is amazing. i mean,i don’t throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009
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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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