You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGI also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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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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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn’t want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
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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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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock ‘n’ roll movies, that feature a band is that they’re lip-synching.
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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