I love our country. My dad served in the army. I always grew up with a song sense of belonging as an American. But I was also in the counterculture and I was coming from a place of fearing the police. So I was anti-establishment, but also loving your country. It's kind of an ironic sort of upbringing.
Mike DirntI think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.
Mike DirntGreen Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.
Mike DirntListen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.
Mike DirntI look at my kids as the Harry Potter Generation. There's a sense of justice about that, in beating Voldemort. It's a classic tale of good versus evil. To have a role model like Harry Potter that says you can defeat evil, but still be a complicated human being. That gives me a lot of hope.
Mike Dirnt