Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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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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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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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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I think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of ‘Oh, I can’t’. They say it’s taboo. It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing.
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I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
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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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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
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When someone is in a car accident and they’re driving at 100 mph, drunk, who’s tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.
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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.
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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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I’m always a work in progress.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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