I’m always a work in progress.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWhen we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, “This song [“Ordinary World”] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio].”
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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.
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A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
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With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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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.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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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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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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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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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 hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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