Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIf journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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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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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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I’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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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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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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I’m always a work in progress.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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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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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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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.
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