I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThere 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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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I just plug in and let go.
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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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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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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.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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When I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.
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