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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThere’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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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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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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I know I’m always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That’s for sure. It’s about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
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I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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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To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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