With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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.
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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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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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I 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.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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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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It’s not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It’s a music language that’s unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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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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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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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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The musical is amazing. i mean,i don’t throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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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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I’m always a work in progress.
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We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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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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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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With 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!
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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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