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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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I’d love to go to art school. I’d love to learn how to draw. I’d love to be fluent in Spanish. I’d like to be a brain surgeon.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Aggravation Art School
I wrote a song called “Green Day” because I was smoking a lot of dope.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Dope Smoking Song
Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.
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Absolute Coffee Dependably Ordinary
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Balance Musician Parent
Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Anything Better Making Mistakes
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 ARMSTRONG

Expectations Impact Thinking
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Different Parent Unique
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Listen Night Nocturnal Record Sleep
We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Heart Song Writing
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.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Drunk Someone Thinking Time
Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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Couple Precious Script Shooting
No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Matter Parent Sacrifice
It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Growing Mean Running Up
History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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Band Day Good One
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Athlete Brother Way
‎The day you become old is the day you’re not looking for new experiences anymore.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

Anymore Become Experiences New

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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