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Billie Joe Armstrong

The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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Acoustics Four Kids
Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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Demented Like
I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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People Song Writing
Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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Dangerous Fun Rocks Roll
With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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Age Pass Roots Thinking
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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Culture Records Rocks
I think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of ‘Oh, I can’t’. They say it’s taboo. It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing.
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Beautiful Bisexual Taboo Thinking
Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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Attack Instruments Let
Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Mistake Risk Successful
With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time…like me!
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Broken Dream Pretty Video
We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
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Band Pride Trying
I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Choices Men Thinking
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
Our passion is our strength.
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Passion Strength
I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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Inward Ivory Tower Towers
That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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Fighting Kids Sleep

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