The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGSome 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.
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If 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.
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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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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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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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I’m always a work in progress.
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A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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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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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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I can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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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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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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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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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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