When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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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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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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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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I hate celebrities. I really hate 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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If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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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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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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That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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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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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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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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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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