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.
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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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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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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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
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The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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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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