No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe’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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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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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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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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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I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now… its AFI-liner
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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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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It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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