I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIt’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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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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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 bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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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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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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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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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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Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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