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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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Dope Smoking Song
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
I think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
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Character Figure Life Love Sense
Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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Demented Like
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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Care Hippie Want
The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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Acoustics Four Kids
With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
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Broken Dream Pretty Video
We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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Band Dream Years
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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Come Imagine Klutziness Rock Roller
The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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Character Daughter Thinking
Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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Depend Night Play
Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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Just Missionary Position
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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Fun Guy Wife
You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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Demon Records Soul
I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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Everybody Joke Thought
We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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Able Important Together

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

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