Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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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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It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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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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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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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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When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, “This song [“Ordinary World”] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio].”
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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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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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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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