Green Day Quotes
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You don't mow another man's lawn!
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You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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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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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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Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin.
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It's only funny till someone gets hurt........then it's hilarious...
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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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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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They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they're really good at it.
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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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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 all else fails...be a rockstar
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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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One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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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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It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo.
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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 just plug in and let go.
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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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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.