Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGCoffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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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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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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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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I just plug in and let go.
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Our passion is our strength.
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Some 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.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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