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Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes

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

Billie Joe Armstrong

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 17, 1972

Topics

Future School Practice Perfect Why

Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression about the confusing present, the more intense that yearning.

Age Beautiful Depression World More

I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.

Michael Cerveris

People Me Expectations Surprise Feel

In any industry, the people with the freshest ideas usually come from outside.

People Ideas Outside Industry Come

I spent a long time experimenting, saying, 'Here's a record that's free, or $5 if you want a nice version or $250 if you'd like a really nice coffee-table thing.' Everything felt like the right thing to do at the time and then six months later would feel tired. And I would feel tired. So that's one reason for returning to a major label.

Time Tired Free Saying Feel You

I was basically a dork that hit the books and liked to build things and did all of the things that you weren't supposed to do to be popular. But somehow I ended up onstage, playing guitar in front of everybody else.

Guitar You Build Up Things Playing

No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity.

Prosperity Nation Ever Itself Taxed

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.

Sweet Eye Look Know Will Coming

Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is.

Political America Protest Our

I was a swimsuit model, and I got bored. Acting was challenging. It was very hard and intimidating. We choose to do things in life sometimes that scare the crap outta us. Performing in front of people was my challenge.

Christa Campbell

Life Challenge People Choose Acting

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.

Brent Scowcroft

Dangerous Islam Radical Elements

You can't change people.

Change People You

My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens.

Mother Together Down Sewing Never

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