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
There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/the-main-thing-about-the-character-in-the-ordinary.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/madisyn-shipman-was-great-shes-a-really-talented-k-683x1024.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - 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!”](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/as-agent-asked-if-i-wanted-to-be-represented-and-i.jpg)
