The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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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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I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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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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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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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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I don’t like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn’t it sick?
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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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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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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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I know I’m always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That’s for sure. It’s about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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