The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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We’ve been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot… we’ve done everything ourselves until this point, so thank you to everybody … do everything you f – -n’ believe in, because this is what it’s all about.
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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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I know I’m always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That’s for sure. It’s about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
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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’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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When someone is in a car accident and they’re driving at 100 mph, drunk, who’s tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.
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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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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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The things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is 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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