I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It’s fragile. I don’t have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGCoffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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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 just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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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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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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Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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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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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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