43 Quotes by Billie Armstrong

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

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a life-style I chose for myself.

You say it to my face, you might be pickin' yourself off the ground

A lot of rock bands had to step up to the plate and create a stronger message. That's the reason that hip-hop is so dominating, is that there's a true message behind what they're doing.

They have bad taste. I'm not a good looking guy.

This kind of response, I don't know, it's like you're at the biggest party in the United States right now and the song that gets most nominated and most celebrated is the biggest hangover.

The most dramatic entrance for an autograph was probably when I was in Edmonton Alberta Canada or... whatever, and she jumped on my back and asked for the autograph. She was so cool and she said she wanted to be in a band... Well, whoever that was, I totally support you!

It's a concert film based around the first stadium gigs we've ever played and kind of what it takes to go into it,

It's about a kid that is trying to find his beliefs and his ethics, coming from a broken home, being fed up with his hometown and his local 7-11.