The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMy wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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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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I’m always a work in progress.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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The musical is amazing. i mean,i don’t throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009
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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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We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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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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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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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.
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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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