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 ARMSTRONGI 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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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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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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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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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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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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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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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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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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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