We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGYou’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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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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A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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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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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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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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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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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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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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We’ve been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot… we’ve done everything ourselves until this point, so thank you to everybody … do everything you f – -n’ believe in, because this is what it’s all about.
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