I'm an optimistic agnostic. I think the second we die, within a matter of seconds, everybody else arrives, and that's the party, and you live your hell on earth.

Grab life by the balls and squeeze.

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

If you start planning too far ahead, the next thing you know you forget you're living today

When I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth.

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

For me, it's important to get back to fundamentally what it feels like to be an American. We all come from different backgrounds, but we come together and create this world. It's like a microcosm for the rest of the world. I want people to feel unity when they come to a show.