I don’t like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn’t it sick?
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThere are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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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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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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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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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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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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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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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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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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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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