I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
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The things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
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Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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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 the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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