I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMusic to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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I can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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When someone is in a car accident and they’re driving at 100 mph, drunk, who’s tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.
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No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
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I like to keep my girlish figure
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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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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Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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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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