Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She's a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I'd pull out… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are always young bands playing in their garages. A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream.… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!? — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I just wanted to get the hell out of my town. I wanted to leave with reckless abandon. I didn't care where I ended… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
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,… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I'm lucky enough to be… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I hate television. I hate the internet. I hate cell phones. I hate cameras. I hate everything that destroys creativity. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
It's not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it's more about the memories that you have. Where you… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
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