I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I'm lucky enough… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It's a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully… — 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
Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn't mean you have to go feeling that way forever. You can sing… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to… — 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
I wrote a song called 'Green Day' because I was smoking a lot of dope. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think,… — 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