I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGYou don’t get nothing and like it.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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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.
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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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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And you don’t want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
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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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I’m always a work in progress.
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Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.
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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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Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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