Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMaking mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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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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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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I like to keep my girlish figure
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I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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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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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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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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I can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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I just plug in and let go.
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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 sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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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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I don’t like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn’t it sick?
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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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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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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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