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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.
Billie Joe Armstrong
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Billie Joe Armstrong
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 17
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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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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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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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I definitely related a lot to Perry [from That's Ordinary World movie]. I liked how he put family first. I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he's just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could've been the path I went on, or not.
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What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My job description is that I'm a rock star. And I'm good at it.
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With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they're really good at it.
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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.
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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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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
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Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.
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A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.
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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?
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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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