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Name: Billie Joe Band: Green Day Position Guitar Vocals Date Of Birth February 17, 1972 Place Of Birth Macidino Mountains Sex Male Official Site: Green Day Fan Site: Greenday.net Fan Site: 1039 Christine Road Fan Site: Dookie Fan Site: Fan Site Fan Site: Fan Site

-"The older I get, the more I try to make my anger have a direction instead of just sort of wallowing in it."


-"You can go to hell in a handbasket for all I care!"


-"No ones really happy anyway. Its not human."


-"I fuckin' hate Lynyrd Skynyrd, I've always hated Lynyrd Skynyrd. Fuckin' backwards ass hillbilly shit!"


-"We don't want to be cocky and go into these big arenas and have nobody show up, or maybe have it only half-filled. "


-"I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman"


-"We're always up to prove ourselves"


-"Insomniac was so important, just because we created a foundation for ourselves to be able to branch out"


-"A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can't wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up"


-"Punk is not just the sound, the music, punk is a lifestyle"


-"We're just a silly band called Green Day, and we're from no place special, just like no one else on this fucking planet"


-"I hate celebrities"


-"If we trash other bands, it only makes us look lame"


-"And that's part of the process of writing songs, to figure out life and how to live it"


-"Operation Ivy is the only ultimate ska-punk band out there"


-"Lyrically, I think this album is groundbreaking for me."


-"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"


-"Aw shit! It's Ka-Ka! Poo-poo! Shit! It's shit! It's shit! Shit... I hate God! Shit!! "


-"So I think the success of bands like Blink 182 and Offspring helps us in the long run"


-"Aw shit! God damn! Aw shit! Ah fuck! Ah fuckin shit fuck shit fuck! Stick that up your ass FCC!"


-"We're just as much punk as we used to be"


-"Punk will never be dead to me"


-"If you need a mop, you go to Target, just like everybody else"


-"That's the reason I play punk rock, I don't need or want all the other outside bullshit"


-"When we started out, punk was probably the most unpopular music around"


-"If you act like a fuckin' dork, people are gonna treat you like a dork"


-"Woodstock To tell you the truth it was the closest thing to total chaos I've ever seen in my life. The audience took over everything"


-"Never run in the rain with your socks on"


-"Reggae carries no pessimism"


-"Throw mud at each other see how many stupid things you can do to each other all at one time"


-"Apathy rules, fuck everyone"


-"Susan Luchie, eat your heart out"


-"I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am now"


-"The beauty of the punk thing is that everyone has their own interpretation like the Bible"


-"I'm not gonna say anything inspirational; I'm just gonna fucking swear a lot"


-"I wanna see random acts of teen sex everywhere"


-"Besides, I always thought anger was a lot more interesting than feeling good about yourself"


-"Don't mow another man's lawn"


-"When was the last time you saw someone drink an entire bottle of ice tea?"


-"We're going to change our name to the Susan Luchie Band"


-"I wasn't the kind of kid that was beaten up or anything in high school. I think I was more invisible. I didn't really exist"


-"Mistakes are a big part of our sound"


-"Everybody gets sick of life. It's human nature"


-"You my friend, will never be a winner"


-"We're proud to be a punk band because that's very high-energy music"


-"Punk rock's dead, and I fucking killed it!"


-"There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it"


-"You think your life is tough? Try being a parent! "


-"You're a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?"


-"I'm an asshole, I'm a jerk, I'm a twerp, I'm a flea bit butt"


-"That's a fat dude man. it's like whoa watch out"


-"They have bad taste. I am NOT a good looking guy"


-"Yeah fuck me! I wish you could all fuck me"


          -Joe Billie, Green Day, Guitar & Vocals, February 17, 1972