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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWhat kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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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.
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I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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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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If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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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.
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The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone.
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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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