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A 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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
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Ordinary Rocks Special World
Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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Depend Night Play
I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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Great Opportunity Opportunity
When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
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Empathy People Thinking
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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Fighting Kids Sleep
Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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Day Green Rules
I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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Prozac Used Working
Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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Rain Run Running
Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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Couple Precious Script Shooting
No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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Matter Parent Sacrifice
Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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Education Granted Music
A 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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Mainstream Punk Rocks
We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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Band Dream Years
I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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Names Rocks Thinking
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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Actors Importance Language Script
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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Anything Heart Mistake Successful

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