Quotes by Rocks 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. Billie Joe Armstrong rocksheartfun That's the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It's totally unpredictable. Billie Joe Armstrong rock-musicrocksmusician I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else Billie Joe Armstrong bagsrockswant I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It's the worst name in the world Billie Joe Armstrong rocksnamesthinking 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. Billie Joe Armstrong ordinary-worldrocksspecial To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit Billie Joe Armstrong recordsrocksculture My job description is that I'm a rock star. And I'm good at it. Billie Joe Armstrong rocksstarsjobs I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. Billie Joe Armstrong oaklandrocksfootball For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. Billie Joe Armstrong rocksgreenpeople I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old. Billie Joe Armstrong rock-and-rollrocksyears What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching. Billie Joe Armstrong rock-n-rollrocksband It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records. Billie Joe Armstrong recordsrockstechnology I worked as a roadie in the rock and roll business which was great fun. Very little money, very little food and the whole thing about the roadie's lifestyle is great because all the groupies have to go through the roadies to get to the rock stars. It's not necessarily true. Billy Bob Thornton rocksstarsfun If you're in the heyday of rock and roll and movies, and that's where I grew up. We didn't have to look for it. We didn't have to create angst. We didn't have to create desire. We didn't have to say, see we were screwed, my generation, because we wanted to be The Beatles or Elvis Presley. That ain't going to happen. So we always had this thing to reach for. Billy Bob Thornton rock-and-rollrocksdesire I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash. Billy Bragg racistrocksracism I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzzcocks, or 'Hippy Hippy Shake' by the Swinging Blue Jeans. Otherwise, I can put up with Chopin or shakuhachi flute in the background. Billy Childish rocksblueyears Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything. Billy Corgan rock-and-rollrocksmean Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years? Billy Corgan rock-and-rollrocksyears A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been. Billy Corgan rocksbandworld I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want...and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God. Billy Corgan rocksspiritualwant«1314151617181920212223»
