Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong

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Born in 1972, American rock musician Billie Joe Armstrong built a reputation that extends far beyond any single accomplishment. Their reputation for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987 lends every quote an extra layer of authority. Discover 24 of Billie Joe Armstrong's most memorable quotes, ranging across Music, Future, Family, Strength, and Sports. Readers often gravitate to this one: "Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted."

“The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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All Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong

“Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Change

“The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Home

“There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Family

“School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect, so why practice?”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Future

“The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Amazing

“I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Music

“For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Experience

“Our passion is our strength.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Strength

“A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Beauty

“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

Freedom

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

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Future

“Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Education

“I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd like to be a brain surgeon.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Art

“I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Dad

“And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Politics

“In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Family

“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

Music

“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

Music

“Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Music