I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWhat I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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There’s an honesty in our family – my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
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Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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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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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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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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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
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I just plug in and let go.
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To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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Nobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
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