We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid.

I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.

We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we'll see what happens.

With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they're really good at it.

A guy walks up to me and asks, "What's Punk?". So I kick over a garbage can and say. "That's punk!". So he kicks over the garbage can and says, "That's Punk?", and I say, "No that's trendy!

I just plug in and let go.

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