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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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Billie Joe Armstrong
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 17
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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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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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I want to go home and just go for a long walk. And where I want to go, I have no idea
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think.
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If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
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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.
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I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't'. They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing.
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In one of the scenes [in the Ordinary World], you can see a little cameo of my son, who's in the party. You've just gotta bring it all back home.
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I wrote a song called Green Day because I was smoking a lot of dope.
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I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
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Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you're a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation - that people's families and their young kids are being affected.
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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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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.
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There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.
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My wife is the CEO of the family. I'm the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
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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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Life isn't pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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I think everybody should get married. Boys and girls. Girls and boys. Boys and boys! Girls and girls! Shouldn't we all be entitled to a family-Civil rights baby it's civil rights. It doesn't get any better here in Berkeley I'll tell you that.
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Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.
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