Billie Joe Armstrong quotes - page 2

What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt. (Billie Joe Armstrong)
I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing. View quote
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Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman. View quote
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I'm very monogamous. View quote
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Never run in the rain with your socks on. View quote
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids. View quote
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Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God. View quote
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Moshing and broken glass just don't go together. (Billie Joe Armstrong)
If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good. View quote
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A punk concert isn't fun without a pit. View quote
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It's my life and you know what? Nobody invited you so there's the door. View quote
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This song is called American Idiot! It's about me. View quote
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Are you Canadian? Oh, okay, 'cause you're sure as hell acting like one right now. View quote
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I remember getting ready to do 'American Idiot' thinking that people were either going to call us brilliant or crazy for doing it and I think maybe we got a little bit of both in the reaction. With any album, you put in the best you can and you dig further than ever before and then you put it out never really knowing what will happen... View quote
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I have been in Green Day for most of my life, we have been doing this since I was 16 years old, and I just love how this band has evolved from a bunch of 'slackers' to one of the most socially conscious bands out there. It is pretty groovy to see how things have changed and yet it has all been a very natural process for us. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. View quote
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Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life. (Billie Joe Armstrong)
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. View quote
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Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat. View quote
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. View quote
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And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics. View quote
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