Billie Joe Armstrong Want Quotations

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

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

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

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

You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?

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.

One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.

I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else

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.

The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.