Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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 is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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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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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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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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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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Minority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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