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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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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.
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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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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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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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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 identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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