Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong

“Ladies, if someone touches you and you don't want them to, feel free to punch them in the fucking face!”

“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.”

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

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

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

“For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.”

“A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.”

“There are always young bands playing in their garages. A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It...”

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

“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.”

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

“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!'”

“We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world”

“Another turnin' point, a fork stuck in the roadTime grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to goSo make the best of this test, and don't ask whyIt's not a question, but a lesson learned in timeI...”

“The people that you grew up and braved the trials of high school with will always hold a special place. Through all the BS of high school you hope that your friends had the time of their life, and ...”

“Give me something to do to kill some time Take me to that place that I call home Take away the strains of being lonely Take me to the tracks at Christie Road.”