I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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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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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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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 just plug in and let go.
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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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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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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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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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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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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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Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone.
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
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