I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGAs 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 ARMSTRONGNobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGJust because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI 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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI just plug in and let go.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIt would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGPunk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGYou have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG