Top 51 Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong

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.

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.

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

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

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

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

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.

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.

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

When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.