The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI 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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI’m not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac’s working!
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWhen you start getting into your politics it’s like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it’s always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you’re taking.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGTo do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMy job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGPretty and demented at the same time, like me.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGHistory will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGNobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGAlways move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGRock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGSome times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG