The darkness is coming now god dammit!
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGControversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you’re a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation – that people’s families and their young kids are being affected.
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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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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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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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I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It’s fragile. I don’t have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.
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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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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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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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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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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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I just plug in and let go.
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There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into 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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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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