When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, “This song [“Ordinary World”] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio].”
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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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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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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That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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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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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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Minority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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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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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
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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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What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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I like to keep my girlish figure
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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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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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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
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