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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else

Billie Joe Armstrong

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
When all else fails…be a rockstar
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Else Failing Fails Rockstar
You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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Demon Records Soul
We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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Band Dream Years
I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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Inward Ivory Tower Towers
Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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Rain Run Running
I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Obnoxious Thought Today
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
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.
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Fun Ipod Kids
I like to keep my girlish figure
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Figures Keep Like
A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
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Men Punk Trash
And you don’t want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
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Sake Want Writing
Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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Dangerous Fun Rocks Roll
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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Expectations Impact Thinking
You don’t get nothing and like it.
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Get Like Nothing
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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Darkness Individuals Minorities Place

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