Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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.
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If 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.
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No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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It’s not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It’s a music language that’s unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.
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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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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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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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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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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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I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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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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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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