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.
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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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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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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A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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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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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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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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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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