If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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.
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.
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.
Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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.
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.
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/the-record-american-idiot-felt-special-to-us-when-.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/madisyn-shipman-was-great-shes-a-really-talented-k-683x1024.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-dont-care-what-you-do-i-just-dont-want-to-be-a-m.jpg)
