I can't sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, "This song ["Ordinary World"] makes a lot… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Formats are constantly changing, and there are really no rules for the way you put your records out anymore. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records. — 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
![“We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we'll see what happens.” quote by Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/271/billie-joe-armstrong-1888_broadway_we-do-have-american-idiot-picked-up-by-h_694748.jpg)
![“The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn't really know where it was going to go. It's like I always say, you just follow the music. Not only was American Idiot a special moment for…” quote by Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/49e/billie-joe-armstrong-1888_artwork_the-record-american-idiot-felt-special-t_2567873.jpg)
![“When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, "This song ["Ordinary World"] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio]."” quote by Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/470/billie-joe-armstrong-1888_albums_when-we-were-making-the-record-i-just-de_2680881.jpg)
