The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWith the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.
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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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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’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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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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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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