I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIf you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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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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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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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
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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 think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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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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