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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
Billie Joe Armstrong
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Billie Joe Armstrong
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 17
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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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You don't mow another man's lawn!
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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.
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The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
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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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Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin
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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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I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
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Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how could you not help but write songs about it.
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I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.
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Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way.
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I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.
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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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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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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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Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball.
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