History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly. — 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
I wrote a song called 'Green Day' because I was smoking a lot of dope. — 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
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
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
I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my… — 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
I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it… — 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
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
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
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
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
That's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
![“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)
![“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)
![“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…” quote by Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c6c/billie-joe-armstrong-1888_endearing_we-never-fit-in-completely-to-the-punk-s_1176427.jpg)
