Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. Billie Joe Armstrong More Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong More Quotes From Billie Joe Armstrong You can't go voicing something if it's just not right. Billie Joe Armstrong ifs My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that. Billie Joe Armstrong band goal world People think we really look good. I think that's the biggest misconception people have. Billie Joe Armstrong people looks thinking I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA. Billie Joe Armstrong i-love-my-friends family-and-friends dna Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time. Billie Joe Armstrong rock-n-roll rocks fun Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn't mean you have to go feeling that way forever. You can sing about that for the rest of your life, but that doesn't mean things aren't going to change in your own life. Billie Joe Armstrong forever song mean Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point. Billie Joe Armstrong stupid would-be trying I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. Billie Joe Armstrong choices men thinking I don't feel any shame I won't apologize if there ain't nowhere you can go running away from pain when you've been victimized tales from another broken home. Billie Joe Armstrong pain home running We're gonna get high, high, high, when we're low. The fires burn from better days. She scream why, oh why? I said I don't know! Billie Joe Armstrong pain fire life I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman. Billie Joe Armstrong englishmen sound You don't get nothing and like it. Billie Joe Armstrong 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. Billie Joe Armstrong finesse acoustics guitar I want to go home and just go for a long walk. And where I want to go, I have no idea Billie Joe Armstrong long-walks home ideas If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life. Billie Joe Armstrong emptiness rage looks The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap. Billie Joe Armstrong swimming saws play Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life. Billie Joe Armstrong minorities darkness want Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes. Billie Joe Armstrong risk successful mistake The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He's having a mid-life moment, and it's a small moment, really. I think that the character actually really loves where he's at, in his life. He's just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it. Billie Joe Armstrong daughter character thinking 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. Billie Joe Armstrong clue band play
