Цитаты солиста Green Day:
Quotes» "This is a big fuck you to George W. Bush"
» "This song isn't anti-American... It's anti... WAR!!!"
» "You stupid security guards! Always in the way!" - Billie Joe 7.19.00 La Salle Park Buffalo
» "Theres nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it."
» "Alot of people, when they talk to me, I can't wait for them to shut up. Like, just shut up. You're a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?"
» "We're just a sily little band from the Berkeley-Bay area."
» "I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am now."
» "Throw mud at each other... see how many stupid things you can do to each other all at one time." (At Woodstock)
» "I sound like and Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman."
» "I'm a big fan of rock and roll. I grew up knowing a lot about the guys in all the top hard rock bands. So I know what their attitude and style is all about. That's not for me. I'm just the same idiot from Rodeo, California that I was before Dookie came out. So if you see me in the street, come by and say "hi." I guarantee you I'll say "hi" back". - Billie Joe, Tribute to Green Day Magazine
» "This band's an institution for me. Anybody's leaving this band, it's going to be in a fuckin' coffin, you know?" - Billie Joe, Alternative Press June 2002
» "They have bad taste. I am NOT a good looking guy." (on obsessed fans)
» "The beauty of the punk thing is that everyone has their own interpretation- like the Bible"
»"Rock and Roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time!"
» "Alternative? Alternative to what? This is as mainstream as it gets!"
» "It's sexy to be an angry young man, not a bitter old bastard."
» "I couldn't care less if people think I'm insignificant because I'm 22 years old. That's great. We caused a generation gap. Great. Most of the bands around now, I've been playing music longer than they have, and I'm also way younger than they are."
» "What? You can heckle me if you want, it's OK, I won't understand" (at a foreign concert)
» "That's a big guy, much bigger then me. But I'm working on it."
» "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."
» "School is practice for the future and practice makes perfect and nobodies perfect, so why practice?"
» "I'm a fucking idiot."
» "I wouldn't be caught dead being a patriot - I've got weird beliefs anyway."
» "I'm an idiot anyway but sometimes you feel like an idiot times 10 when you're stoned."
» "It's fun until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious!"
» "I may be immature, but I am responsible."
» "The older I get the more I try to make my anger have direction instead of just wallowing in it."
» "We've made a lot of people feel good about the fact that they're lonely loser geeks."
» "I believe in individuality, being yourself, and to hell with what anybody else thinks about you."
» "Nothing beats a good riot."
» "I can't think of anything less punk than establishing a set of ######."
» "You can go to hell in a hand basket for all I care!"
» "No one's really happy anyway. It’s not human."
» "Punk was the best education I've ever had."
» "That’s what punk rock is, practicing your beliefs, sticking to what you believe in, no matter what."
» "I write better when I'm stoned."
» "Punk is not just the sound, the music, Punk is a lifestyle... It's a lifestyle I choose for myself. It's not about popularity and all that crap."
» "Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and think 'Yes. Yeah, I am a god.'"
» "I thought it all up in my head. God, I know. Genius, right?"
» "So you're like, 'These guys are absolutely out of their minds.'"
» "Never run in the rain with your socks on."
» "I'm not gonna say anything inspirational; I'm just gonna fucking swear a lot."
» "The beauty of punk was the same three bands sharing one guy's amp."
» "How can I slag off N'SYNC? That would be like beating up a 13 year old!"
» "I am no Michael Bolton.... Thank God!"
» "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!'
» "Pretty and demented at the same time, so...like me!"
» "Someone needs to pimp this ride."
» "What the hell is that thing?" - Billie Joe, while shaking skull maracas, Live From the 10 Spot on MTV
» "Oh, wait a minute - it's TV, you can't cuss." - Billie Joe, Live from the 10 Spot
» "I forgot the lyrics!" - Billie Joe, Live from the 10 Spot
»"It's a real place in my heart, man! [Talking about 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams']"
» "I don't feel obligated to do anything except for write good songs." - Billie Joe, Green Day First Listen: Warning:
» "No way, I'm hard, I'm mean. I listen to Limp Bizkit. Just give me something to break, man." Billie Joe, Green Day First Listen: Warning
» Billie Joe: "Speedy? That's a good name."
Billie's son, Joey: "Where are we gonna bury him when he dies?"
Billie Joe: "I don't know, let's not think about that right now, let's worry about taking care of him." - Diary of Pop Disaster.
» "Are you Canadian? Oh, okay, 'cause you're sure as hell acting like one right now."
» "All saints are gonna be there? Tre, you might get laid!"
» VH1's Behind the music: "We put the fun back in dysfunctional."
» VH1's Behind the music: "You say it to my face, you might be pickin' yourself off the ground."
» "[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."
» "It's fun until someone gets hurt...then it's hilarious."
» "Punk rock is dead...and I fucking killed it."
» "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."
» "You think your life is tough? Try being a parent!"
» "I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man."
» "I fucking hate Lynyrd Skynyrd, I've always hated Lynyrd Skynyrd. Fuckin' backwards ass hillbilly shit."
» "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."
» "It's my fucking life and you know what nobody invited you...so there's the door...see ya!"
» "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."
» "The darkness is coming now, god damnit!"
» "My mom was from Oklahoma, hence the name Billie Joe...It's not William Joseph it's just Billie Joe."
» "They sound like Trй choking on a hair ball." (Slipknot)
» "Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1%, lie about it."
» "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."
» "'Welcome to Montreal-- fuck you', would be a good sign at your highways."
» "Ah, if someone falls down, please pick him back up 'cause it doesn't mean that there's a fuckin' camera in your face that you don't have to lookout for each other."
» "Yeah fuck me! I wish all of you could fuck me!"
» "Aw, how the fuck are you all doin' tonight?... That's what I fuckin' wanted to hear, god damnit!"
» "I'm not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac's working!"
» "I hate celebrities. I really hate them."
» "I actually have less friends now than I ever had."
» "I'm still wearing the pants I had in the eleventh grade."
» "Our passion is our strength."
» "Adrienne is the only woman I will ever love."
» "I got body lice in Germany! I'd tell you they were crabs, but I wasn't getting laid."
» "You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?"
» "One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak."