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. Billie Joe Armstrong on amazing
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. Billie Joe Armstrong on art
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. Billie Joe Armstrong on beauty
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat. Billie Joe Armstrong on change
I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed. Billie Joe Armstrong on dad
Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. Billie Joe Armstrong on education
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. Billie Joe Armstrong on experience
There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them. Billie Joe Armstrong on family
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. Billie Joe Armstrong on family
There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them. Billie Joe Armstrong on fear
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. Billie Joe Armstrong on freedom
School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice? Billie Joe Armstrong on future
School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect, so why practice? Billie Joe Armstrong on future
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. Billie Joe Armstrong on home
School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice? Billie Joe Armstrong on life
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. Billie Joe Armstrong on music
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. Billie Joe Armstrong on music
What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it. Billie Joe Armstrong on music
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. Billie Joe Armstrong on music
Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. Billie Joe Armstrong on music