Top 51 Quotes by 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.

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.

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

I hate celebrities. I really hate them.

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.

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've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old.

And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.