If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
Billie Joe ArmstrongI sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
Billie Joe ArmstrongPunk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
Billie Joe ArmstrongMusic - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
Billie Joe ArmstrongWe never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think.
Billie Joe Armstrong