That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGAs 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!”
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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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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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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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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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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I like to keep my girlish figure
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I can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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You’re not telling people to think, you’re telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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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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Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you.
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I think that the character actually really loves where he’s at, in his life. He’s just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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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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No one’s really happy anyway, it’s not human.
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