If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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 was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I’m lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.
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I can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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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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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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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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