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
My job description is that I'm a rock star. And I'm good at it.
It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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
I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.
Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old.
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.
Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It's the worst name in the world
When all else fails...be a rockstar
That's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there's no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
We've been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules.