You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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The 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.
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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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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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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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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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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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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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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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Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you’re a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation – that people’s families and their young kids are being affected.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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