I think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
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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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
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If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.
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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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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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To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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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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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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It’s not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It’s a music language that’s unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.
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I just plug in and let go.
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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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