Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you’re just boring.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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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.
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We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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It’s not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It’s a music language that’s unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.
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You can’t change the wind but you can set your sails.
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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”
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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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I don’t like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn’t it sick?
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I know I’m always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That’s for sure. It’s about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
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We’ve been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot… we’ve done everything ourselves until this point, so thank you to everybody … do everything you f – -n’ believe in, because this is what it’s all about.
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Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She’s a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I’d pull out my iPod and show her different old rock ‘n’ roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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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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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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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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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It’s below the radar. The beauty of it is that you’re not supposed to always know. It’s subterranean.
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I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
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My job description is that I’m a rock star. And I’m good at it.
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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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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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