Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMusic – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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.
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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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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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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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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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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you’re a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation – that people’s families and their young kids are being affected.
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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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There 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.
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Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
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There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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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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We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
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I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now… its AFI-liner
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I’m always a work in progress.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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Our passion is our strength.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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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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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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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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