People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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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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That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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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’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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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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The things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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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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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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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.
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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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