Green Day Quotes
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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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You just can't pull out the gun and blow the TV away anymore 'cause the baby might be sleeping.
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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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I just tried to give somebody a chance to catch it. He almost caught it.
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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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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To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.
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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.
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I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd like to be a brain surgeon.
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When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, "This song ["Ordinary World"] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio]."
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You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
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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.
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When I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.
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Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It's a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand. And you can be anyone you want: you can be as grandiose as you want or you can be as down in the gutter as you want. It's just sort of whatever emotional freeway you're on at the time.
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There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.
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It's fun until someone gets hurt...then it's hilarious.
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I'm always a work in progress.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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Music has never been at a better time then it is right now, we're really lucky to be a part of this wonderful thing called music.
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We're Green Day. We can do whatever we want.
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I'm not exactly sure how many kids I have, but yes, I do miss them officially, for the record. In case any of them are listening, I love you.
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Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary.
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I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else.