Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

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• Being 16 years old and getting an electric guitar is never going to get old. There's always going to be kids making music. There's always going to be kids in bands.

  

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• I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'

  

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• Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.

  

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• You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.'

  

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• I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.

  

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• A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life.

  

  Tab Hunter
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• No, I never ever considered myself attractive.

  

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• I like being 35, I like having a bit of money to spend on music and useless gadgets. The net is providing new ways to communicate and cooperate that just didn't exist in the 80s.

  

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• My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.

  

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• I have to remind myself when I'm on a job and I'm feeling a lull in attitude or confidence or whatever, I'm there for a reason. I have to constantly remind myself of these almost corny Pinterest mantras, like 'You are worthy.'

  

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• By 17, I was modeling and had bought myself a flat. I've always tried to be self-sufficient.

  

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• I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

  

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• When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.

  

  Dani Shapiro
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• I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.

  

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• I was very insecure approaching the idea of directing a feature film. I told myself I would not move until I felt I was moving in power rather than moving in desperation to make a movie.

  

  Nate Parker
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• When I was out in Georgia doing photographs, I found myself trying to undo my own sense of composition. I'd think, 'Why do I want to take it like this? Is it because I want to take a beautiful picture?' It's quite hard to try and undo it.

  

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• 'Red flag of the eating disorder: the muffin. Keep your eye on the ladies with the muffins...and sometimes I'll just eat the muffin top.'

  

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• I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.

  

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• The only way you can make a marriage work is as free, independent people. It needs to be based on the good feelings that you have for each other, not on need.

  

  Alexander Lowen
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• People talk about Hollywood as a myth, but in reality, when you make Icelandic movies and you want to get them distributed in the U.S., you're not really working with Hollywood. The movies I've been making, the first one I made, I made it with Working Title, but it was financed through Universal, so it became a Hollywood production.

  

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• As far as wages are concerned, the only difference between immigration and birth is that birth takes longer.

  

  Alex Tabarrok
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• I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
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