Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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And you don’t want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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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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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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