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Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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
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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Half Realized Song
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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Apologizing Mouth Needs
I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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Inward Ivory Tower Towers
I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
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Class Middle People Thinking
Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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Dangerous Fun Rocks Roll
You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Sail Wind
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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Celebrities Hate People
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
Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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Broken Heart Glasses Together
Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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Forward Moving
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
Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Embodies Lifestyle Punk
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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Character Nuts Ordinary Party World
A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Men Punk Trash

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