The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGA lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It’s below the radar. The beauty of it is that you’re not supposed to always know. It’s subterranean.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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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 think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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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!”
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We’ve been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot… we’ve done everything ourselves until this point, so thank you to everybody … do everything you f – -n’ believe in, because this is what it’s all about.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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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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I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
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Minority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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