I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he’s just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could’ve been the path I went on, or not.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWith age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed – that’s sort of the root of age.
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I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I’m a pretty klutzy parent.
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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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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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If you have children, you don’t want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It’s just not good.
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I’m always a work in progress.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I’m misunderstood most of the time. That’s fine.
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I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class.
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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To me, it doesn’t feel like it’s just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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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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Punk rock isn’t supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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We 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.
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