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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
Billie Joe Armstrong
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Billie Joe Armstrong
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 17
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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
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The thing is, my education was music. I knew I'd be playing music no matter what. That's all I thought about, I was obsessed with it. I'm still obsessed with it. It gets the best of me sometimes.
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I hate television. I hate the internet. I hate cell phones. I hate cameras. I hate everything that destroys creativity.
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Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.
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No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.
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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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No matter what, if you're a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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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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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?
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I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it.
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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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