Billie Joe Armstrong quotes

School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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

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

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.

I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.

The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.

Our passion is our strength.

There are always young bands playing in their garages. A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.

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