Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGEvery night I play as if my life depends on it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe 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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGCoffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGNobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe 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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMusic to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWhen 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].”
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI 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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGNever run in the rain with your socks on.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThat’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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMusic – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGJust about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG