When you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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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 heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now… its AFI-liner
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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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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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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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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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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We’d go through the script together, rehearsing it before every shot with the other actors. He was just easy to work with. We were able to put it in my language, which was really important.
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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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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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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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One 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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