With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMadisyn [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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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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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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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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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Minority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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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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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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