We are not afraid to be entertainers.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe 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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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
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Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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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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We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
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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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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
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