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That's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there's no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
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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I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
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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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If me and Mike Dirnt are in the same room, it's not quite right if he's not on stage with me.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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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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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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You don't mow another man's lawn!
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Never run in the rain with your socks on.
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The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.
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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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I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.
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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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Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin
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I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
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I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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Life isn't pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God.
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Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.
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