We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.

Quote by Billie Joe Armstrong

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I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns...

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns...

Never run in the rain with your socks on.

Never run in the rain with your socks on.

A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a...

A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a...

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying...

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying...

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't...

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't...

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect, so why practice?

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect, so why practice?

All great rock bands have a little dirt in their faces.

All great rock bands have a little dirt in their faces.

A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.

A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect...

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect...

People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that...

People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that...

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I...

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I...

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.

I write everything on a xylophone!

I write everything on a xylophone!

I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.

I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me...

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me...

I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't...

I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't...

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

If Britney would paint her ass green, I'm sure you could spot green asses all...

If Britney would paint her ass green, I'm sure you could spot green asses all...