I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIf journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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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 sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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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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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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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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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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And you don’t want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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We’ve been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot… we’ve done everything ourselves until this point, so thank you to everybody … do everything you f – -n’ believe in, because this is what it’s all about.
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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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A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It’s below the radar. The beauty of it is that you’re not supposed to always know. It’s subterranean.
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