Green Day Quotes
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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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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 just plug in and let go.
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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 think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
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Last year, a lot of times the first-team offense would be out in the third quarter, ... Now, we're playing all four quarters, and that's only going to help us down the road.
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think.
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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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I've matured, maybe, but not grown up.
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It's not how you pick your nose, it's where you put that booger that counts.
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I’ve played on literally every brand of US drums out there, and I’ve finally found my home. I’ve been looking for drums like these my whole life. True American hot rod custom kits. From the look and sound to the service and attention, it’s good to now be a part of the SJC family.
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I want to go home and just go for a long walk. And where I want to go, I have no idea.
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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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Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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I can't sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
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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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I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
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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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The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
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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!