I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It’s fragile. I don’t have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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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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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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I like to keep my girlish figure
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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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I think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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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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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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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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