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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.

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Billie Joe Armstrong
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 17
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It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.
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As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, Yeah, sure, I'll give it a shot! It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, Absolutely!
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Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.
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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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You don't get nothing and like it.
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You can't go voicing something if it's just not right.
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I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.
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This never gets old, and when it does, I'll go do a movie. I like the fact that I can get into other projects because everything feels fresh when I come back to music.
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