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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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Anything Better Making Mistakes
It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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Growing Mean Running Up
To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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Culture Records Rocks
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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Lying Nowhere Population
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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Lifestyle Punk Sound
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.
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Half Realized Song
One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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People Son Want
When all else fails…be a rockstar
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Else Failing Fails Rockstar
She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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Autumn Wind Winter
We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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Heart Song Writing
Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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Rain Run Running
They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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Good Guy Looking Taste
I like to keep my girlish figure
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Figures Keep Like
Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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Forward Moving
I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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Inward Ivory Tower Towers
With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Age Pass Roots Thinking

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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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