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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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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Deeper Obviously Songs
You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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Fun Honest Sync Together Yourself
It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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Done Havens Regret
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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Listen Night Nocturnal Record Sleep
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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Broken Dream Pretty Video
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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Able Honesty Kids
I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I’m lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.
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Drug People Song
Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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Attack Instruments Let
When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, “This song [“Ordinary World”] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio].”
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Ordinary World Radio Song
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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Lying Nowhere Population
I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.
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Character Nuts Ordinary Party World
Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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Just Missionary Position
I’m always a work in progress.
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Always Progress Work
You don’t get nothing and like it.
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Get Like Nothing
Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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Rain Run Running
My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Fun Guy Wife

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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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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