"I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else"
"And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think, 'What's wrong with that person? What kind of hang-ups does that person have?' Obviously, it's not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that."
"A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can't wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you're a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?"
"I kind of became everyone’s weird uncle. I was drunk all the time wearing a fucking leopard g string."
"We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world" — Q Magazine interview - Nov 2010
"The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you're just boring. "
"Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God."
"Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary. " — AP interview October 2004
"Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it."
"The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore."
"Do you have a problem? I have a gun. I'll shoot you. No problem."
"It's MISTER American Idiot to you..."
"If me and Mike Dirnt are in the same room, it's not quite right if he's not on stage with me." — American Idiot musical - January 22, 2011
"Our passion is our strength."
"You're the fucking leaders, you have the power. Don't let these bastards dictate the rest of the world, or dictate your fucking life!" — Live 8 concert on July 2, 2005 in Berlin, Germany
"Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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"You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record."
"I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It's the worst name in the world"
"Of course, you also want something that'll make one hell of a killer tattoo." — An interview talking about the characters Christian and Gloria
"My job description is that I'm a rock star. And I'm good at it." — Kerrang Interview December 2005
"...and sometimes I think she may have married the end of the world." — Talking about his wife, Adrienne.
"It's my fucking life and you know what, nobody invited you...so there's the door...see ya!"
"When someone is in a car accident and they're driving at 100 mph, drunk, who's tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it."
"History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly."
"The musical is amazing. I mean, I don't throw that word around very often unless I'm talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. " — IGN Interview May 2009
"I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman."
"I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now... its AFI-liner"
"Are you canadian? Oh, okay, 'cause you're sure as hell acting like one right now."
"The one thing that's always stuck with us is that we're crazy mother fuckers." — 2010 interview in South America
"I fucking hate Lynyrd Skynyrd, I've always hated Lynyrd Skynyrd. Fuckin' backwards ass hillbilly shit."
"I'm still wearing the pants I had in the eleventh grade"
"My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that."
"You have to be forgiven of you're sins now so you can start sinning all night long" — Foxboro Hot Tubs show
"B-I-L-L-I-E J-O-E. My real name is Billie Joe. And it's southern, my moms from Oklahoma and that's how I got the name."
"Pretty and demented at the same time, like me."
"I hate celebrities. I really hate them."
"I don't care what you do, I don't wanna be a mud hippie like you" — Woodstock 94 Mud Fight
"Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point."
"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 the garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trendy!"
"If someone falls down please pick them back up. Just because there's not a fuckin' camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to lookout for each other."
"There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it."
"Music is the air that I breathe, it's the blood that pumps through my veins."
"You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun."
"Welcome to Montreal-- fuck you', would be a good sign at your highways."
"We are not afraid to be entertainers."
"They sound like Tre choking on a hair ball."
"Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you."
"One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak."
"I didn't think I'd even be alive at 29... let alone still making music" — Kerrang Interview October 2001
"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 mistake" — Bullet In A Bible
"I never thought that being obnoxious would get me where I am now."
"You don't mow another man's lawn!" — MTV Interview
"Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball."
"Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it."
"The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore."
"Yeah I've met members of The Who, and "members" of The Who"
"Y'know?" — Pretty much every interview
"Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin"
"Every night I play as if my life depends on it." — Interview NME June 2009
"I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself."
"Yeah fuck me! I wish all of you could fuck me!"
"I got body lice in Germany! I'd tell you they were crabs, but I wasn't getting laid."
"There’s supposed to be a curfew at this shithole. We don’t do fucking curfews. We’ll go off when we want"
"What has two thumbs, speaks French, and likes blowjobs? *points thumbs at himself* Moi."
"The harder you work, the luckier you get. " — Kerrang interview May 2010
"This song's off our album. It's called Kerplunk. It's kind of in line with the shit thing, ya know, it's like you take a dookie and it kerplunks in the toilet."
"Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point."
"I'm always a work in progress." — Kerrang Interview May 2010
"I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA." — Interview NME June 2009
"[Our 'Waiting' video] was totally a failure. [MTV] doesn't show any videos anymore. If we had a booty video - if we had, like, McG, with girls shaking their ass in the video -- it would probably get played. Actually, I am just really bitter right now."
"Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place"
"Rock bands are such pussies, you know? I honestly think that people are looking for something that's more than just a piece of shit"
"Let's shake some shit up - that's all you can do."
"To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit" — Interview talking about American Idiot
"Do you wanna have sex and get married?" — Interview when asked what the Best Pick Up Lines were.
"School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?" — Interview
"They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy."
"What do you mean we walked around in girls clothes? We walked around in dresses and they happened to be ours!"
