The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMy job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Some of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.
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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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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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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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There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
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I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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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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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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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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Our passion is our strength.
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I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It’s below the radar. The beauty of it is that you’re not supposed to always know. It’s subterranean.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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