Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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The things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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I just plug in and let go.
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A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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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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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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