I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMy brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGSome of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGA 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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIt’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGAnything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMaking mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGIf you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGPeople are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG