Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin

It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.

They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

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.

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

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