Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe 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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
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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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I like to keep my girlish figure
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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
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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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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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What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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Some of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.
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