Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes

Never run in the rain with your socks on.

You can't go voicing something if it's just not right.

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.

I'm always a work in progress.

I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It's the worst name in the world

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.

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

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.

I wrote a song called 'Green Day' because I was smoking a lot of dope.

I can't sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.

We put the fun back into dysfunctional

People think we really look good. I think that's the biggest misconception people have.

Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.

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.

We put everything we had into this record, just like we do with every other record that we make.

Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.

Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.

We've been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.

Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it.

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

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.

One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.

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.

Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball.

Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.

I like to keep my girlish figure

Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin

I'm very monogamous.

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.

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.

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.

I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke.

Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God.

Every night I play as if my life depends on it.

My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.

One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.

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

I just plug in and let go.

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.

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.

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?

We are not afraid to be entertainers.

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.

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.

Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place

Dont test me, Second guess me, Protest me, You will DISAPEAR! (East Jesus of Nowhere)

Nobody ever said that life was fair.

Life isn't pretty but it sure is beautiful.

The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.

I'm not f-ing Justin Bieber, you motherf-ers!

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.

I got body lice in Germany! I'd tell you they were crabs, but I wasn't getting laid.

I think everybody should get married. Boys and girls. Girls and boys. Boys and boys! Girls and girls! Shouldn't we all be entitled to a family-Civil rights baby it's civil rights. It doesn't get any better here in Berkeley I'll tell you that.

You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun.

You don't get nothing and like it.

It's fun until someone gets hurt ... then it's hilarious.

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.

We've been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot ... we've done everything ourselves until this point, so thank you to everybody ... do everything you f
n' believe in, because this is what it's all about,

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.

You don't mow another man's lawn!

I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old.

Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.

To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.

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.

When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.

I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.

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

You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?

I hate television. I hate the internet. I hate cell phones. I hate cameras. I hate everything that destroys creativity.

We put the fun in dysfunctional.

Ladies, if someone touches you and you don't want them to, feel free to punch them in the fucking face!

Don't sweat the small stuff. It's good to let chaos take over and know in your heart that everything will be alright eventually." -Billie Joe Armstrong

Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.

People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.

Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how could you not help but write songs about it.

Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary.

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.

Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you're a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation - that people's families and their young kids are being affected.

My job description is that I'm a rock star. And I'm good at it.

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.

We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world

I hate celebrities. I really hate them.