Billie Joe Armstrong

“I think it's a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of speech and embrace liberty.”

“A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over a garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trend!'”

“There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.”

“To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.”

“Music is the air I breathe, the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive.”

“Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.”

“Punk rock is a form of rebellion. It's not about mohawks and safety pins.”

“One of my favorite things about music is how it can bring people together.”

“School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?”