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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now… its AFI-liner
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Brands Eyeliner Heard
We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Heart Song Writing
It’s not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It’s a music language that’s unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.
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Different Parent Unique
With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Age Pass Roots Thinking
I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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Everybody Joke Thought
I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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Men Stupid Thinking
If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Emptiness Looks Rage
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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Lying Nowhere Population
I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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Aggravation Art School
It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Growing Mean Running Up
Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Emotional Gutters Song
To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Culture Records Rocks
I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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Comes Mouths Open
Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

About Forever Mean Song
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Come Imagine Klutziness Rock Roller
Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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Just Missionary Position
I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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Prozac Used Working
I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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Pushing Songwriter
You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Sail Wind
I think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Character Figure Life Love Sense
The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Bigger Boring Risk
No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Happiness Happy Humans Really
That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Musicians Rock Music Rocks
I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Dope Smoking Song
I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

People Song Writing
There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Able Honesty Kids
Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Day Green Rules

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