Green Day Quotes
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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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It's only funny till someone gets hurt........then it's hilarious...
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Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin.
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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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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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When all else fails...be a rockstar
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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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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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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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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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'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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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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Seeing as how they made it illegal to skateboard downtown, we only think it is fair for them to provide an alternative.
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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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I just plug in and let go.
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It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo.
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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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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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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.