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

Categorized in : Song Writing Heart

To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.

Billie Joe Armstrong

successful mistake heart

Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive

Billie Joe Armstrong

veins air blood

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

trash punk men

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.

Billie Joe Armstrong

depends loser

It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.

Billie Joe Armstrong

regret done havens

Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It's a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand. And you can be anyone you want: you can be as grandiose as you want or you can be as down in the gutter as you want. It's just sort of whatever emotional freeway you're on at the time.

Billie Joe Armstrong

gutters emotional song

You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.

Billie Joe Armstrong

sail cant-change wind

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?

Billie Joe Armstrong

practice perfect school

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

Billie Joe Armstrong

i-make-mistakes making-mistakes mistake

There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important. If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.

Billie Joe Armstrong

successful teacher mean

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

individualism individuality way

‎The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore.

Billie Joe Armstrong

new-experiences

The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you're just boring.

Billie Joe Armstrong

bigger risk boring

If someone falls down, pick them back up. Just because there's not a frickin camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to look out for each other.

Billie Joe Armstrong

cameras mean fall

And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think, 'What's wrong with that person? What kind of hang-ups does that person have?' Obviously, it's not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.

Billie Joe Armstrong

crazy song thinking

I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't'. They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing.

Billie Joe Armstrong

bisexual beautiful thinking

Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone.

Billie Joe Armstrong

apologizing mouths needs

Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.

Billie Joe Armstrong

population lying

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

down-and clubs rocks

Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball.

Billie Joe Armstrong

hairballs choke sound