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Billie Joe Armstrong

One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Half Realized Song
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!)
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Autumn Wind Winter
I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Choices Men Thinking
Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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Depend Night Play
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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Lying Nowhere Population
We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.
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Able Important Together
We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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Fun Kids Together
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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Drunk Someone Thinking Time
When all else fails…be a rockstar
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Else Failing Fails Rockstar
I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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Hollywood Independent Spirit
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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Beautiful Life Pretty
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.
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Lists Next Song Structure
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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Children Drugs Good House
I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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Bags Rocks Want
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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Darkness Individuals Minorities Place
It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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Records Rocks Technology

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