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

When all else fails...be a rockstar

I think everybody should get married. Boys and girls. Girls and boys. Boys and boys! Girls and girls! Shouldn't we all be entitled to a family-Civil rights baby it's civil rights. It doesn't get any better here in Berkeley I'll tell you that.

It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.

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

To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.

Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.