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?
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
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I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
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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 have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
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Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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