Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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 a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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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I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
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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.
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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
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Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone.
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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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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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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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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A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It’s below the radar. The beauty of it is that you’re not supposed to always know. It’s subterranean.
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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