I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGAnything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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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 I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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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 just plug in and let go.
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We’d go through the script together, rehearsing it before every shot with the other actors. He was just easy to work with. We were able to put it in my language, which was really important.
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With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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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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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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