"I didn't think I'd even be alive at 29... let alone still making music" — Kerrang Interview October 2001
"I fucking hate Lynyrd Skynyrd, I've always hated Lynyrd Skynyrd. Fuckin' backwards ass hillbilly shit."
"My job description is that I'm a rock star. And I'm good at it." — Kerrang Interview December 2005
"I kind of became everyone’s weird uncle. I was drunk all the time wearing a fucking leopard g string."
"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?"
"Do you have a problem? I have a gun. I'll shoot you. No problem."
"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
"Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point."
"The harder you work, the luckier you get. " — Kerrang interview May 2010
"The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore."
"[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 rock is dead...and I fucking killed it."
"School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?" — Interview
"Yeah fuck me! I wish all of you could fuck me!"
"There’s supposed to be a curfew at this shithole. We don’t do fucking curfews. We’ll go off when we want"
"Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point."
"Are you canadian? Oh, okay, 'cause you're sure as hell acting like one right now."
"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."
"Yeah I've met members of The Who, and "members" of The Who"
"Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin"
"We are not afraid to be entertainers."
"...and sometimes I think she may have married the end of the world." — Talking about his wife, Adrienne.
"You don't mow another man's lawn!" — MTV Interview
"The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore."
"Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
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"I'm still wearing the pants I had in the eleventh grade"
"You have to be forgiven of you're sins now so you can start sinning all night long" — Foxboro Hot Tubs show
"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
"The one thing that's always stuck with us is that we're crazy mother fuckers." — 2010 interview in South America
"Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary. " — AP interview October 2004
"I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman."
"Music is the air that I breathe, it's the blood that pumps through my veins."
"They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy."
"History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly."
"Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it."
"Welcome to Montreal-- fuck you', would be a good sign at your highways."
"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!"
"It's MISTER American Idiot to you..."
"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"
"You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record."
"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."
"I don't care what you do, I don't wanna be a mud hippie like you" — Woodstock 94 Mud Fight
"You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?"
"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
"One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak."
"We put the fun back into dysfunctional"
"Our passion is our strength."
"The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you're just boring. "
"I'm not gonna say anything inspirational; I'm just gonna fucking swear a lot"
"It's my fucking life and you know what, nobody invited you...so there's the door...see ya!"
"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
"Stand the fuck up! This isn't a fucking coldplay show!" — Concert during 21st Century Breakdown tour
"I never thought that being obnoxious would get me where I am now."
"What has two thumbs, speaks French, and likes blowjobs? *points thumbs at himself* Moi."
"I'm always a work in progress." — Kerrang Interview May 2010
"Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it."
"Every night I play as if my life depends on it." — Interview NME June 2009
"Y'know?" — Pretty much every interview
"I got body lice in Germany! I'd tell you they were crabs, but I wasn't getting laid."
"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
"I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It's the worst name in the world"
"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."
"Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God."
"I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else"
"Let's shake some shit up - that's all you can do."
"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
"Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball."
"There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it."
"I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now... its AFI-liner"
"I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself."
"My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that."
"I hate celebrities. I really hate them."
"They sound like Tre choking on a hair ball."
"Do you wanna have sex and get married?" — Interview when asked what the Best Pick Up Lines were.
"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."
"Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you."
"Pretty and demented at the same time, like me."
"You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun."
"What do you mean we walked around in girls clothes? We walked around in dresses and they happened to be ours!"
"Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place"
"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."
