Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMinority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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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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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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I 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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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
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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 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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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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The musical is amazing. i mean,i don’t throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009
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