To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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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The 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 darkness is coming now god dammit!
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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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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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It’s below the radar. The beauty of it is that you’re not supposed to always know. It’s subterranean.
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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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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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I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
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