Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
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I could have lived off all the male careers in my family. Everybody was always getting ovations, but I was in the wings.
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When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you.
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I was always fascinated with science, and being Persian, it's instilled in us at a young age to follow something very academic in our career.
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When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.
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Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.
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'Rock n' Roll Animal,' the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me.
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I sing my life. It's like I'm having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they're there for that - whether it's to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.
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If I ever lose a role because of my tattoos, I'll quit Hollywood and go to work at Costco.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
