One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak. Billie Joe Armstrong More Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong More Quotes From Billie Joe Armstrong We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think. Billie Joe Armstrong politicalpeoplethinking Never run in the rain with your socks on. Billie Joe Armstrong sockrainrunning If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I'm sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out. Billie Joe Armstrong assgreenpaint Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary. Billie Joe Armstrong positionmissionary What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it. Billie Joe Armstrong arroganceannoyedpeople The thing is, my education was music. I knew I'd be playing music no matter what. That's all I thought about, I was obsessed with it. I'm still obsessed with it. It gets the best of me sometimes. Billie Joe Armstrong playing-musicmattersometimes You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record. Billie Joe Armstrong recordsdemonsoul I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn't it sick? Billie Joe Armstrong majoritysickthinking I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. Billie Joe Armstrong consumersconformneeds I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke. Billie Joe Armstrong jokes 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. Billie Joe Armstrong punkrocksthinking 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. Billie Joe Armstrong heartwritingsong Life isn't pretty but it sure is beautiful. Billie Joe Armstrong beautiful Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin Billie Joe Armstrong coffinsband Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day. Billie Joe Armstrong ordinary-thingscoffeeordinary I wrote a song called "Green Day" because I was smoking a lot of dope. Billie Joe Armstrong dopesmokingsong I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today. Billie Joe Armstrong obnoxioustoday I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class. The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background. Billie Joe Armstrong classpeoplethinking Every night I play as if my life depends on it. Billie Joe Armstrong dependsplaynight Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. Billie Joe Armstrong lifestylepunksound
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