I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I’m lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.
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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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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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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We’d go through the script together, rehearsing it before every shot with the other actors. He was just easy to work with. We were able to put it in my language, which was really important.
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That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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I just plug in and let go.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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