History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMaking mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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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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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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When I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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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 hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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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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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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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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For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on ‘Madden’.
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What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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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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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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