Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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You don't mow another man's lawn!
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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'We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world'
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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun.
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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed - that's sort of the root of age.
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I just plug in and let go.
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When you start getting into your politics it's like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it's always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you're taking. You're not telling people to think, you're telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.
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Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
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When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.
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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.
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Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
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A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.
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When all else fails...be a rockstar
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Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry's [in That's Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn't me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair's character] she didn't forget.
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Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place.