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.
The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
A man once asked me, what’s punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that’s punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That’s just trendy.
Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It’s a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand.
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.
She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn’s wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks… (iViva la Gloria!)
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.
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/the-fact-that-i-was-taking-naps-in-churches-in-bet.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - I don’t care what you do, I just don’t want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-dont-care-what-you-do-i-just-dont-want-to-be-a-m.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/we-stayed-very-close-to-each-other-with-leek-kirk-.jpg)
