Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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I'm on Tumblr all the time.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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I'm not stuck in Strikeforce. I'm happy to be with them. It's where I started, and they've been great to me.
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I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.
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If you look at my personal library, you will notice that it ranges from Henry James to Steig Larsson, from Margaret Atwood to Max Hastings. There's Jane Austen and Tom Perrotta and volumes of letters from Civil War privates. It's pretty eclectic.
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The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy.
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For the most part, I was surprised by the representation of female characters onscreen. I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will have more of the women that I recognize in my day to day life.
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
