I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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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
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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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Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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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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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.
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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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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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