When all else fails…be a rockstar
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGSet lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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I just plug in and let go.
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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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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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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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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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And you don’t want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
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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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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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