Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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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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A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
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We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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The musical is amazing. i mean,i don’t throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009
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Minority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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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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I just plug in and let go.
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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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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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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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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
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I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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