Minority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
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.
I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
The musical is amazing. i mean,i don’t throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009
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.
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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![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/we-stayed-very-close-to-each-other-with-leek-kirk-.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/we-never-fit-in-completely-to-the-punk-scene-becau.jpg)
