As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I don’t like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn’t it sick?
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
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I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It’s fragile. I don’t have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.
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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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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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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.
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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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