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I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I’m lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Anything Better Making Mistakes
I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Character Nuts Ordinary Party World
We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Band Pride Trying
I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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Character Especially Parent Pretty
And you don’t want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
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Sake Want Writing
The musical is amazing. i mean,i don’t throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009
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Humble Mean Talking
You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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Demon Records Soul
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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Acting Broadway Bugs
They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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Good Guy Looking Taste
I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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Englishmen Impersonating Sound
Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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Punk Something Stupid Trying
I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Before Groove Making Started Stuff
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
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Fun Honest Sync Together Yourself
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Expectations Impact Thinking
It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Birthday Memories Older Thinking

I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I’m lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.

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I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I’m lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.

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