No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe 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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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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I know I’m always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That’s for sure. It’s about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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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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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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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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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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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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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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