Quotes by Billie Joe Armstrong

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

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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

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.

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.

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