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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Broken Heart Glasses Together
I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Hollywood Independent Spirit
We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Band Dream Years
No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Matter Parent Sacrifice
People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Day One People Up Wake
I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Care Hippie Want
I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Everybody Joke Thought
I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Before Groove Making Started Stuff
My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Fun Guy Wife
I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

People Song Writing
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Different Parent Unique
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!)
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Autumn Wind Winter
Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Just Missionary Position
I just open my mouth and out it comes.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Comes Mouths Open
Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Mistake Risk Successful
We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Broadway Directors Hbo Writer

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