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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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People Song Writing
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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Character Daughter Thinking
The musical is amazing. i mean,i don’t throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009
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Humble Mean Talking
I know I’m always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That’s for sure. It’s about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
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Balance Musician Parent
No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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Matter Parent Sacrifice
Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Mistake Risk Successful
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
The 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.
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Punk Rocks Thinking
You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Sail Wind
We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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Able Important Together
I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Obnoxious Thought Today
The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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Coming Dammit Darkness
I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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Celebrities Hate People
And you don’t want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
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Sake Want Writing
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Athlete Brother Way
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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Character Especially Parent Pretty

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