There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

In one of the scenes [in the Ordinary World], you can see a little cameo of my son, who's in the party. You've just gotta bring it all back home.

Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.

And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think, 'What's wrong with that person? What kind of hang-ups does that person have?' Obviously, it's not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.

Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place

What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt.