I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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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!
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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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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I just plug in and let go.
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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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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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The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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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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