We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
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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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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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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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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My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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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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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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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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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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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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