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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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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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 wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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While there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we do not teach one another the lessons of honesty and sincerity that the brutes do, or of steadiness and solidity that the rocks do. The fault is commonly mutual, however; for we do not habitually demand any more of each other.
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My theory is that when you're famous, you're no different from anybody else - it's just that more people know your name.
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Artists who are relevant today won't be tomorrow unless someone does the right thing by their character and preserves it in the dialogue of a movie.
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Working at home is hard. It tends to give you bad habits. It feels more like you're going to work when you get up in the morning and leave your house and go somewhere.
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Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of 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.
