We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWhen I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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I like to keep my girlish figure
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Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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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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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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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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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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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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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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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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I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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And you don’t want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
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