My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIt would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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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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A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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There 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.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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I’m always a work in progress.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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