Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figure had to be fantastic. Now that I'm a singer, I've got a different kind of body – it's more athletic.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I like to get to bed with a clear head.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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I love Vegas. It's like going to Disneyland.
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I like music a lot.
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It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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As people, right now, we're so over-stimulated in this world that I don't know what I'd do in Wyoming. I really don't know what I'd do. I would probably have a heart attack because I'd be so lonely, and I'd actually have to listen to myself think. That's a terrifying prospect for myself, and I'm sure many other people as well.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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I like to keep my girlish figure.
