I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIf I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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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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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.
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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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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, “This song [“Ordinary World”] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio].”
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Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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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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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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