With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they’re really good at it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGOne 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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I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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When all else fails…be a rockstar
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I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It’s fragile. I don’t have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.
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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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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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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
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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.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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The 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.
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