A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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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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Music to me is the air I breathe it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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You don’t get nothing and like it.
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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone.
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I don’t like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn’t it sick?
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There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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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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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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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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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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