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.
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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I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I’m lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.
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We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
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She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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I’m always a work in progress.
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Some 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.
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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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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I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name in the world
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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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My wife is the CEO of the family. I’m the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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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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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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