I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMusic – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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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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I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now… its AFI-liner
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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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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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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.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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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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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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The things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
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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.
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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I’m always a work in progress.
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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