Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGSchool is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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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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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you’ll end up saying you hate them just because you’re so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.
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I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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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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It’s not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It’s a music language that’s unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.
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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 think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It’s the worst name 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 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 also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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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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