Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes

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

I hate celebrities. I really hate them.
Billie Joe Armstrong

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

Family, God, Fear

I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Rock, Football, Punk

I'm very monogamous.
Billie Joe Armstrong

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

Love, Family, Feeling

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

Future, School, Perfect

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.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Rock, Start, Once

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

Beauty, Rock, Punk

And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Politics, Writing, Write

For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Music, Experience, Rock

Formats are constantly changing, and there are really no rules for the way you put your records out anymore.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Put, Rules, Anymore

I love storytelling.
Billie Joe Armstrong

I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
Billie Joe Armstrong

American, Sound, Englishman

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Consumer, Conform

I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Rock, Old, Playing

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.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Hate, Stupid, End

Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Life, Through, Find

My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Great, Live, Brother

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

Change, Time, Same

The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Kids, Word, Acoustic

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

Amazing, Sports, Human

We put everything we had into this record, just like we do with every other record that we make.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Everything, Put

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Biography

Nationality: American

Born: February 17, 1972

Links

Find on Amazon: Billie Joe Armstrong

Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Related Authors

Jim Morrison
Eminem
Kurt Cobain
Tupac Shakur
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Frank Sinatra
Michael Jackson
More

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us