If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIt would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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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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Our passion is our strength.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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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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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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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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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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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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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A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
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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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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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