We work super hard to not have to work

I don't really give a f**k about the mainstream. The mainstream doesn't offer me anything. Why would I offer it anything? I love the world I have. I love the sort of subculture that Green Day represents.

Be yourself. Unless you have the option to be Batman, then always be Batman.

It's no use analyzing your life the whole time. Those analyses won't help you when you're dead

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.

We work super hard to not have to work

For me, when you get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, there's a side of me that goes, "What does that mean? Are you still relevant after that? Do they put you on the shelf along with the award?" I don't know, but that's the last thing we wanted.