I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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.
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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.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone.
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My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
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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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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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I just plug in and let go.
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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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Our passion is our strength.
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