Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?
Billie Joe Armstrong

Life, Future, School

I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Time, Enjoy, Fact

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Mistakes, Making

A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Fun, Punk, Concert

We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Political, Tell, Band

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

Freedom, Sense, Punk

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Today, Thought, Obnoxious

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Music, Punk, Sound

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Good, Nothing, Loser

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Angry, Young, Old

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Good, Children, House

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Happy, Human, Anyway

Our passion is our strength.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Strength, Passion

Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Life, Dead, Punk

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

Music, Hell, Arrogance

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

Music, Neglect, Limit

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Together, Broken, Glass

If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Life, Old, Emptiness

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Live, Songwriter, Inward

I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Guitar, Playing, Approach

I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn't it sick?
Billie Joe Armstrong

Sick, Seem, Worship

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

Love, Art, School

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

Dad, Life, Father

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Music, Education, Granted

People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Old, Afraid, Might

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Nationality: American

Born: February 17, 1972

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