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Billie Joe Armstrong

That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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Expectations Impact Thinking
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
Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you’re a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation – that people’s families and their young kids are being affected.
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Kids People Reality
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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Done Havens Regret
Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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Clubs Down Mentally Rocks
My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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Jobs Rocks Stars
‎The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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Anymore Become Experiences New
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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Darkness Individuals Minorities Place
When someone is in a car accident and they’re driving at 100 mph, drunk, who’s tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.
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Drunk Someone Thinking Time
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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Character Country Differences Thinking
The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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Coming Dammit Darkness
We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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Able Important Together
It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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Records Rocks Technology
I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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Englishmen Impersonating Sound
You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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Demon Records Soul

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