Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs and The Network...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth17 February 1972
CityOakland, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Billie Joe Armstrong quotes about
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.
My wife is the CEO of the family. I'm the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
If me and Mike Dirnt are in the same room, it's not quite right if he's not on stage with me.
I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.
She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn's wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks... (iViva la Gloria!)
I'm an idiot anyway, but sometimes you feel like an idiot times ten when you're stoned.
Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.
Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options open.
I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.
One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you're a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation - that people's families and their young kids are being affected.
I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.