I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
Billie Joe ArmstrongYou can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun.
Billie Joe ArmstrongI don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
Billie Joe ArmstrongI think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class. The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
Billie Joe Armstrong