Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt
Michael Ryan Pritchard, known professionally as Mike Dirnt, is an American musician best known for being the co-founder, bassist, backing and occasional lead vocalist of the American punk rock band Green Day. He has also played in several other bands, including The Frustrators. His stage name was originally a nickname from his friends at grade school, as he would constantly play "air bass" and make a "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" noise while pretending to pluck the strings...
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth4 May 1972
CityBerkeley, CA
bass doe reason
I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.
sex green damn
Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.
party optimistic thinking
I'm an optimistic agnostic. I think the second we die, within a matter of seconds, everybody else arrives, and that's the party, and you live your hell on earth.
destination roads-traveled traveled
Happiness is a road traveled, not a destination.
dog believe world
Dogs are gonna take over the world. It's a known fact for those who believe it, kinda like the Bible.
religious stars war
All my religious beliefs are based on Star Wars.
hard
We work super hard to not have to work
being-yourself
Be yourself. Unless you have the option to be Batman, then always be Batman.
journey the-end-of-the-day ends
At the end of the day, if you follow the music, it'll take you on a really, really great journey
today next planning
If you start planning too far ahead, the next thing you know you forget you're living today
analysis use analyzing
It's no use analyzing your life the whole time. Those analyses won't help you when you're dead
real thinking important
I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.
mother daughter giving
I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.