No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
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Set 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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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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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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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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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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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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We’ve been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot… we’ve done everything ourselves until this point, so thank you to everybody … do everything you f – -n’ believe in, because this is what it’s all about.
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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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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