Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
Top 98 wise famous quotes and sayings by Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Formats are constantly changing, and there are really no rules for the way you put your records out anymore.
I hate television. I hate the internet. I hate cell phones. I hate cameras. I hate everything that destroys creativity.
My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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!
To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit
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.
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
A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can't wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you're a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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.
That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.
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.
It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.
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.
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn't it sick?
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.
One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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.
I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.
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.
We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.
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.