I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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.
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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When 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].”
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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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Our passion is our strength.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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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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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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