That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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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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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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 sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
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The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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Our passion is our strength.
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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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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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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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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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