Quotes from Billie Joe Armstrong

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.

It's not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it's more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.

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

Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it.

A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.

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

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

I know I'm always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That's for sure. It's about how you balance between being a musician and being a parent, and making it intertwined.

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

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.

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

When someone is in a car accident and they're driving at 100 mph, drunk, who's tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.

It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.

Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.

The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.

Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.

With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time...like me!

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

With age, it really becomes thinking about how time has passed - that's sort of the root of age.

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?

I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.

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.