Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong

About Billie Joe Armstrong:

Billie Joe Armstrong is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and actor who is best known as the lead vocalist, principal songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt. Armstrong 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.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Our passion is our strength.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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

Billie Joe Armstrong

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

Billie Joe Armstrong

A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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

Billie Joe Armstrong

People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

Billie Joe Armstrong

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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

Billie Joe Armstrong

I hate celebrities. I really hate them.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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

Billie Joe Armstrong

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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

Billie Joe Armstrong

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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?

Billie Joe Armstrong

Author Bio

  • NameBillie Joe Armstrong
  • Descriptionsinger; Guitarist; Punk rock musician
  • BornFebruary 15, 1972
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Musician; Mandolinist; Composer