“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.”
Family
“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.”
MusicAll Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong
“And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.”
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.”
Family“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.”
Beauty“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.”
Music“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.”
Music“School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?”
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.”
Amazing“School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect, so why practice?”
Future“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.”
Home“Our passion is our strength.”
Strength“Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.”
Freedom“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.”
Dad“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.”
Change“For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.”
Experience“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.”
Music“Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.”
Music“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.”
Art“Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.”
Education