There isn't an audience in the world that Billie Joe can't command.

Be yourself. Unless you have the option to be Batman, then always be Batman.

It makes me extremely proud to make punk rock the biggest music in the world right now.

For me, when you get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, there's a side of me that goes, "What does that mean? Are you still relevant after that? Do they put you on the shelf along with the award?" I don't know, but that's the last thing we wanted.

When I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth.

I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.

There's no way you could get me onstage with someone that I didn't like. No way. I would never do that. We have our gripes and stuff like that. All bands have their drama, but life is too short to be miserable around somebody that you don't like.