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