The 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 ARMSTRONGEvery night I play as if my life depends on it.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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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 threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.
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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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Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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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’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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