At the end of the day, if you follow the music, it'll take you on a really, really great journey
Be yourself. Unless you have the option to be Batman, then always be Batman.
If you start planning too far ahead, the next thing you know you forget you're living today
We work super hard to not have to work
All my religious beliefs are based on Star Wars.
I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.
Happiness is a road traveled, not a destination.
Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.
Music's awesome, it's the closest thing we have to magic.
It's no use analyzing your life the whole time. Those analyses won't help you when you're dead
Dogs are gonna take over the world. It's a known fact for those who believe it, kinda like the Bible.
I'm an optimistic agnostic. I think the second we die, within a matter of seconds, everybody else arrives, and that's the party, and you live your hell on earth.
I don't really give a f**k about the mainstream. The mainstream doesn't offer me anything. Why would I offer it anything? I love the world I have. I love the sort of subculture that Green Day represents.
I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.
Grab life by the balls and squeeze.
Bush, as far as I'm concerned, is a war criminal. With Trump, we have no idea. Right now it's just a freak show.
There isn't an audience in the world that Billie Joe can't command.
I have nothing to prove. I just want to follow the music. I love making records. I love playing live. That's it. There's nothing outside of that. I look forward to the weirdness that's in front of us every day.
Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.
As long as each day comes with a nice fresh cup of Oakland Coffee then everything will be alright.
I think we have an obligation to put on a fun show and put on a concert that's memorable, that's energetic and that spreads joy and open-mindedness. If being open-minded and joyful is against your political beliefs, then you know, f**k you.
I love our country. My dad served in the army. I always grew up with a song sense of belonging as an American. But I was also in the counterculture and I was coming from a place of fearing the police. So I was anti-establishment, but also loving your country. It's kind of an ironic sort of upbringing.
Early on I learned to question everything. But I feel like everything is so divisive right now. Going against the grain would be to not be divisive and be inclusive. That's the disruptive way to go about it.
A turtle does come in it's own bowl
