We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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I think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of ‘Oh, I can’t’. They say it’s taboo. It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing.
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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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Minority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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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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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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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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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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We’d go through the script together, rehearsing it before every shot with the other actors. He was just easy to work with. We were able to put it in my language, which was really important.
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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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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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