When I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
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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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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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