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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI 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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
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I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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Minority 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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My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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I like to keep my girlish figure
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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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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