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.

Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.

If me and Mike Dirnt are in the same room, it's not quite right if he's not on stage with me.

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.

That's the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It's totally unpredictable.

I want to go home and just go for a long walk. And where I want to go, I have no idea

A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.