It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThat’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about 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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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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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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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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I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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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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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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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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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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