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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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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Different Parent Unique
Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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Forward Moving
I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Obnoxious Thought Today
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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Humble Mean Talking
I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
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Class Middle People Thinking
My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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Fun Guy Wife
There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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Depend Loser Nothing
Our passion is our strength.
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Passion Strength
The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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Bigger Boring Risk
If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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Emptiness Looks Rage
I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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Dope Smoking Song
Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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Attack Instruments Let
When all else fails…be a rockstar
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Else Failing Fails Rockstar
I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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Pushing Songwriter
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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Athlete Sports Believe
We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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Band Dream Years

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