We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
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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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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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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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.
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We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
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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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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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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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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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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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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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