Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time...like me!
Quotes to Explore
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.
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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more intense it was, the more ephemeral.
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Fashion is more about feel than science.
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It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem.
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I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book, I haven't got time to read a whole book for a fifty dollar write-up.
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With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time...like me!
