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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMy brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they’ve grown old.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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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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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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I’m always a work in progress.
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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 not going to conform to some consumer need.
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I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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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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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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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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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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