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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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Great Opportunity Opportunity
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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Growing Mean Running Up
‎The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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Anymore Become Experiences New
Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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Rain Run Running
If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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Ass Green Paint Soon Sure
I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
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Class Middle People Thinking
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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Drunk Someone Thinking Time
I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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Bags Rocks Want
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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Apologizing Mouth Needs
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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Acoustics Finesse Guitar
History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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Band Day Good One
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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Before Groove Making Started Stuff
No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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Matter Parent Sacrifice
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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Half Realized Song
That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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Musicians Rock Music Rocks
The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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Playing Saws Swimming
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Athlete Brother Way
I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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Dope Smoking Song
We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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Afraid Entertainers Time
Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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Depend Night Play
Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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Day Green Rules
Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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Forward Moving
We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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Fun Kids Together
A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It’s below the radar. The beauty of it is that you’re not supposed to always know. It’s subterranean.
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Mainstream Punk Rocks
I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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Consumers Needs
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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Lying Nowhere Population

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