Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes

I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.

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• What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.

  

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• When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.

  

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• I always do my interviews face to face.

  

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• I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.

  

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• Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

  

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• I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.

  

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• Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.

  

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• The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.

  

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• When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.

  

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• Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

  

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• Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.

  

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• This movie will actually increase the sex life of parents everywhere because they can put this on, with the 45 minutes of extras and they've got almost two hours to do whatever they've got to do while the kids watch the movie.

  

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• The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.

  

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• A bad system will beat a good person every time.

  

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• Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.

  

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• Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.

  

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• I grew up in India. From my childhood, I remember the great reverence that people held for our national hero, Mahatma Gandhi. He galvanized millions to march as one, disarmed the empire that had ruled his country for nearly a century, and enabled India to become a free and independent nation.

  

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• ...next time you rake up those leaves realize you're about to jump into a pile of tree shit. 19.

  

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• The idea of salvation through some one or some thing outside of ourselves came from love of inertia. We want God or his Son to save us. We thought that Hapi would give us immortality if we flattered his vanity by praying to him.

  

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• If you are drawn to the left hand path, it's usually because you've had some kind of life experience that has shocked you, awakened you.

  

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• I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Experience
  • Picture
  • Independent