Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place 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 political people thinking Never run in the rain with your socks on. Billie Joe Armstrong sock rain running 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 ass green paint Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary. Billie Joe Armstrong position missionary 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 arrogance annoyed people 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-music matter sometimes You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record. Billie Joe Armstrong records demon soul 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 majority sick thinking I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. Billie Joe Armstrong consumers conform needs 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 punk rocks thinking 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 heart writing song 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 coffins band Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day. Billie Joe Armstrong ordinary-things coffee ordinary I wrote a song called "Green Day" because I was smoking a lot of dope. Billie Joe Armstrong dope smoking song I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today. Billie Joe Armstrong obnoxious today 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 class people thinking Every night I play as if my life depends on it. Billie Joe Armstrong depends play night Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. Billie Joe Armstrong lifestyle punk sound
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