Some of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI 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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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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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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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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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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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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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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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Every night I play as if my life depends on 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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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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I like to keep my girlish figure
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I just plug in and let go.
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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