Billie Armstrong
Billie Armstrong
create green honestly leak maximum point record sort starts
The whole point of making a record was just to be maximum Green Day, just to sort of create our own culture, our own lifestyle. And when that starts to leak over into the mainstream, for me it's really exciting, because you honestly feel like you're contributing something.
deal music playing pop radio rock thank
I just want to acknowledge that pop radio playing rock music is a very big deal to me, so thank you very much.
best crazy sad year
It was a crazy year, but it's been the best year of our career. It's going to be kind of sad for it to end, but, you know, we don't have any regrets.
career fear powerful start walk
It's challenging your own fear to really start to get into things. To walk off this planet, I want to say something or know I had something in my career that wasn't just fluff, something that's powerful and meaningful.
acting cause heck sure
Are you a canadian? Oh, cause your sure as heck acting like one!
changed dirt fair financial health mind paying poor sick social spent system taxes wealth work
We don't really have a fair system, our social system doesn't work if you're poor in the US you're dirt poor and the distribution of wealth is more than uneven. If you're poor and you get sick you have no health insurance, no financial security, nothing. if that could be changed I wouldn't mind paying more tax, but I mind my taxes being spent on wars!
depends good wrong
There's nothing wrong with being a loser,it just depends on how good you are at it
act almost changes children married mean mentally picture protect violent
I've been married for 11 years. When you have children, the picture changes all of a sudden, you become protective. It's an instinct, your anger: you almost act out mentally in a violent way to protect the things that mean most to you.
future perfect practice school
School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect, so why practice?
ground might
You say it to my face, you might be pickin' yourself off the ground
bands chose claim clue life punk
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a life-style I chose for myself.
college graduate
I didn't graduate from any of them (Colleges) and look at me now mom!
asked autograph canada cool dramatic edmonton entrance support totally whoever
The most dramatic entrance for an autograph was probably when I was in Edmonton Alberta Canada or... whatever, and she jumped on my back and asked for the autograph. She was so cool and she said she wanted to be in a band... Well, whoever that was, I totally support you!
great music rock
It's great to know that rock music still has a place on MTV,