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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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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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I sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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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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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, “This song [“Ordinary World”] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio].”
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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now… its AFI-liner
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