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 ARMSTRONGAlways move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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.
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Our passion is our strength.
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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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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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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.
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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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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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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.
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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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I think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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