It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGSome times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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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 thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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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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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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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.
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I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
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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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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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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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