Billie Joe Armstrong

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

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

“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!'”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”