Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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 think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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I know I’m always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That’s for sure. It’s about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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