History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGLife isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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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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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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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 don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don’t think what you’re doing is punk rock.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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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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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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