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I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It’s fragile. I don’t have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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Englishmen Impersonating Sound
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Athlete Brother Way
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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Deeper Obviously Songs
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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Aggravation Art School
You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Sail Wind
History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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Band Day Good One
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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Half Realized Song
You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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Demon Records Soul
It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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Birthday Memories Older Thinking
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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Lifestyle Punk Sound
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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Ordinary Rocks Special World
When all else fails…be a rockstar
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Else Failing Fails Rockstar
Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
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Emotional Gutters Song
Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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Anything Better Making Mistakes
If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Emptiness Looks Rage
I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.
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Character Nuts Ordinary Party World

I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It’s fragile. I don’t have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.

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