I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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.
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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 don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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We’d go through the script together, rehearsing it before every shot with the other actors. He was just easy to work with. We were able to put it in my language, which was really important.
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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
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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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There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
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It’s not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It’s a music language that’s unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.
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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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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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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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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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