Green Day Quotes
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When someone is in a car accident and they're driving at 100 mph, drunk, who's tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.
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I told my dad 'Yeah, I’m going to be a drummer', and he said 'Well, if you can rub your stomach at the same time as you pat your head at the same time you’re standing on one leg and kicking the other one out in a circle and say the pledge of allegiance'. And I did all that just like bam, you know?
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I used to drink beer and smoke pot before I played. Now I drink tequila and smoke pot. So it's a little different...
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We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we'll see what happens.
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I'm an optimist, so I believe in some sort of life after death; I don't know what kind.
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It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.
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I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I'm lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.
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My wife is the CEO of the family. I'm the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I'm sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.
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I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old.
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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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You just can't pull out the gun and blow the TV away anymore 'cause the baby might be sleeping.
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I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people, enjoy each other's company and smell each other on the rump...
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I object. I object to any killing at all. You know, it's terrible what happened and I think retaliation definitely makes sense and it's definitely one option. But, personally, I prefer peace. You know, maybe I'm just being ignorant and shortsighted, you know, it's true I'm not running the government, I'm not running the United States. I just don't think that killing people is a good way to remedy people dying. Martin Luther King Jr. said that you can murder a murderer but you can never murder murder itself.
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What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.
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Not only do they strike quickly, a lot of the plays they run look just like ours. I could really tell that they are a great team.
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The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn't really know where it was going to go. It's like I always say, you just follow the music. Not only was American Idiot a special moment for us, but it also led to Ordinary World, too.
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Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how could you not help but write songs about it.
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There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
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No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.
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Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God.
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I'm like a sack of potatoes, to be abused at will.
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I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.