Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs and The Network...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth17 February 1972
CityOakland, CA
CountryUnited States of America
And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.
I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?
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.
One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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.
The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.
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.
We've been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.
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!