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Billie Joe Armstrong

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 ARMSTRONG

Emotional Gutters Song
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Lying Nowhere Population
I just open my mouth and out it comes.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Comes Mouths Open
Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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Forward Moving
I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Choices Men Thinking
One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

People Son Want
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Lists Next Song Structure
Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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Just Missionary Position
I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
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Class Middle People Thinking
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Character Country Differences Thinking
I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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Pushing Songwriter
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Punk Rocks Thinking
Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Mistake Risk Successful
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Growing Mean Running Up
I know I’m always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That’s for sure. It’s about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Balance Musician Parent
I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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Bags Rocks Want

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