Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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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 don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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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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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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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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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?
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No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.
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You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ruin this guy's precious script." And then, after a couple of days of shooting, I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I've never done before, and I love making stuff.
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We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.
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That's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there's no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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We're gonna get high, high, high, when we're low. The fires burn from better days. She scream why, oh why? I said I don't know!
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It's not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it's more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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I'm not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac's working!
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The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore.
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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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Dont test me, Second guess me, Protest me, You will DISAPEAR! (East Jesus of Nowhere)
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I know I'm always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That's for sure. It's about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.
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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.