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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThere’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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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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The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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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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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 don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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I like to keep my girlish figure
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