Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes

That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.

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• That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Trying
  • Kids
  • Fighting