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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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
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Broken Dream Pretty Video
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
I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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Character Especially Parent Pretty
I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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Englishmen Impersonating Sound
I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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Care Hippie Want
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
I sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
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Facts Fine Misunderstood
I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Choices Men Thinking
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
I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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Prozac Used Working
It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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Records Rocks Technology
My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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Jobs Rocks Stars
We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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Band Dream Years
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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Lying Nowhere Population
I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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Everybody Joke Thought
We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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Fun Kids Together

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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