Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong

American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor

Lived from: 1972 -

Category: Music | Movie

Born: 17 february 1972

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  • A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over the garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trendy!
    Reported in Matt Doeden, Green Day: Keeping Their Edge (2006)
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  • School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • If Britney would paint her ass green, I'm sure you could spot green asses all over LA as soon as the word was out.
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  • If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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  • If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
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  • If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
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  • Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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  • My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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  • People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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  • Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
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  • Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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  • School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect, so why practice?
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  • The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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  • We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world
    Q Magazine interview,Nov 2010
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What are the most famous quotes from Billie Joe Armstrong?

The two most famous quotes from Billie Joe Armstrong are:

  • "A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over the garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trendy!"
  • "School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?"

When did Billie Joe Armstrong live?

Billie Joe Armstrong is still alive and was born in 1972.