Quotes from Billie Joe Armstrong

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.

We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.

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.

What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt.

One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.

I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]

I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.

You don't mow another man's lawn!

I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.

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.

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone.

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.

Our passion is our strength.

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.

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.

The thing is, my education was music. I knew I'd be playing music no matter what. That's all I thought about, I was obsessed with it. I'm still obsessed with it. It gets the best of me sometimes.