I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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Some of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.
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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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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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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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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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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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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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