Billie Joe Armstrong

For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on ‘Madden’.

Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it’s all about. It’s a lifestyle. It’s not about popularity and all that crap.

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don’t even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don’t like it.

I don’t want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we’d neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.