We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.
Billie Joe ArmstrongIf you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
Billie Joe ArmstrongThat's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there's no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
Billie Joe ArmstrongMy goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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