A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGNobody leaves this band unless it’s in a coffin
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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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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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.
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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.
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The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
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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 never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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When someone is in a car accident and they’re driving at 100 mph, drunk, who’s tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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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.
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