The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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I’m always a work in progress.
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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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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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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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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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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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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
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I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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