I hate saying that youth is wasted on the young since it's so f**king stupid, but I think you realize if you're fortunate enough to realize what you have, you don't want to sleep as much or squander any time. It's weird, but early in your career you don't stop to smell the roses since you're too busy picking them.

There isn't an audience in the world that Billie Joe can't command.

I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.

Dogs are gonna take over the world. It's a known fact for those who believe it, kinda like the Bible.

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.

It makes me extremely proud to make punk rock the biggest music in the world right now.

I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone