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A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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People Song Writing
The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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Coming Dammit Darkness
Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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Demented Like
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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Lifestyle Punk Sound
I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
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Class Middle People Thinking
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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Happiness Happy Humans Really
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.
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Before Groove Making Started Stuff
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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Character Country Differences Thinking
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
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Punk Rocks Thinking
We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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Afraid Entertainers Time
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.
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Fun Honest Sync Together Yourself
Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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Just Missionary Position
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.
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Lists Next Song Structure
Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Mistake Risk Successful
I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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Englishmen Impersonating Sound

A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.

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A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.

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