Billie Joe Armstrong
Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me aliveCollection: Air
It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.Collection: Regret
You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.Collection: Wind
A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.Collection: Men
School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?Collection: School
Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It's a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand. And you can be anyone you want: you can be as grandiose as you want or you can be as down in the gutter as you want. It's just sort of whatever emotional freeway you're on at the time.Collection: Song
There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important. If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.Collection: Teacher
The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore.Collection: New Experiences
The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you're just boring.Collection: Risk
Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone.Collection: Needs
Life isn't pretty but it sure is beautiful.Collection: Beautiful
When all else fails...be a rockstarCollection: Failing
Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.Collection: Moving
Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball.Collection: Sound
If someone falls down, pick them back up. Just because there's not a frickin camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to look out for each other.Collection: Fall
And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think, 'What's wrong with that person? What kind of hang-ups does that person have?' Obviously, it's not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.Collection: Song
Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffinCollection: Coffins
Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.Collection: Rocks
That's the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It's totally unpredictable.Collection: Rocks
When you start getting into your politics it's like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it's always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you're taking. You're not telling people to think, you're telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.Collection: Thinking
It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options open.Collection: Acting
I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.Collection: Opportunity
We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.Collection: Fun
That's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there's no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.Collection: Thinking
It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.Collection: Technology
There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ruin this guy's precious script." And then, after a couple of days of shooting, I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I've never done before, and I love making stuff.Collection: Couple
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 us, but it also led to Ordinary World, too.Collection: Ordinary World
The musical is amazing. i mean,i don't throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009Collection: Humble
What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching.Collection: Rocks
In one of the scenes [in the Ordinary World], you can see a little cameo of my son, who's in the party. You've just gotta bring it all back home.Collection: Party
As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, "Yeah, sure, I'll give it a shot!" It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, "Absolutely!"Collection: Ordinary World
I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry's [in That's Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn't me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair's character] she didn't forget.Collection: Party
With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed - that's sort of the root of age.Collection: Thinking
I'm not f-ing Justin Bieber, you motherf-ers!Collection: Justin
I just plug in and let go.Collection: Funny
When I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.Collection: Ordinary World
You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?Collection: Ice Cream
That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.Collection: Sleep
I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]Collection: Hippie
We've been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.Collection: Dream
I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now... its AFI-linerCollection: Eyeliner
To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bitCollection: Rocks
My job description is that I'm a rock star. And I'm good at it.Collection: Jobs
You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun.Collection: Stars
History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.Collection: One Day
I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.Collection: Pushing
I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.Collection: Stupid
It's not only exciting to watch, but you can also speak a different language with each other. It's a music language that's unique, compared to what other parents do, especially in their professional lives. Not everybody can talk about being an accountant.Collection: Unique
I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.Collection: Careers