One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGPeople are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
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We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
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Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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I don’t like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn’t it sick?
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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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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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I 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.
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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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There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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