Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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You don't mow another man's lawn!
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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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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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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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'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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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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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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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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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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I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
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I just plug in and let go.
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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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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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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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With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed - that's sort of the root of age.
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Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She's a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I'd pull out my iPod and show her different old rock 'n' roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.
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Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place.
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I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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When all else fails...be a rockstar
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class. The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.