Green Day Quotes




Practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, so why practice? (Billie Joe, on why
the band didn't practice before a Seattle, Washington show) 

We're charging what we're worth and we don't think we're worth $22.50. We
take a lower cut than Pearl Jam. (Tre Cool, to Rolling Stone magazine, December
1995) (from GrnDayGuy, thanks!) 

You think your life is tough? Try being a parent! (Billie, 5/27/95) 

Never run in the rain with your socks on. (Billie, interview on Finnish TV) 

I'm not gonna say anything inspirational; I'm just gonna         swear a lot.
(Billie, in Chicago) 
Punk rock's dead, and I         killed it. (Billie, 10/17/95 in Seattle) 

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at
it. (Billie) 

We keep our receipts, kids. (Tre, during a Woodstock interview) 

A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can't wait for them to shut up. Like, shut
up. You're a moron. I have nothing to say, you know? (Billie, EW) 

I want to go home and just go for a long walk. And where I want to go, I have no
idea. (Billie, EW) 

We're just a silly little band from the Berkeley-Bay area. (Billie) 

I never thought that being obnoxious would get me where I am now. (Billie) 

I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an
Englishman. (Billie) 

We're proud to be a punk band because that's very high-energy music. (Billie) 

Mistakes are a big part of our sound. (Billie) 

I'm just the same idiot from Rodeo, CA 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) 

I've never had a very high standard of living. Any money I've seen hasn't changed
the way I do things at all. The only benefit is that I recently got married, and I can
treat my wife the way she deserves to be treated. (Billie) 

It's, like, an OK tour bus and all, but people see bookmobile on the side and come
up and ask us if we have any books to sell. (At this point he rolls his eyes and has
this look of utter derision...) I mean how stupid is that...books? We don't even
read. (Green Day, to MTV) 

They have bad taste. I am NOT a good-looking guy. (Billie, when asked about his
infatuated fans) 

That's a big guy... much bigger than me... but I'm working on it. (Billie) 

We're just a silly band called Green Day, and we're from no place special, just
like no one else on this         planet. (Billie, Swedish Concert) 

What? You can heckle me if you want, it's okay I won't understand! (Billie,
Swedish Concert) 

Yeah      me! I wish all of you could      me! (Billie)

Aw shit! God damn! Aw shit! Ah     ! Ah     in shit      shit     ! Stick that
            FCC! (Billie) 

I wanna be your dog....wov....wov.....wooovv.....wah wah wah yippie yo yippie
yay! (Billie at a concert)

I'm an        , I'm a jerk, I'm a twerp, I'm a flea bit butt. (Billie) 

We've gone through a lot to get here, but it's been fun. (Billie) 

We can play anywhere at anytime. (Billie) 

I came out of a music scene where things are really liberated. I never worried
about the way people are supposed to act, so maybe I am a little different. But I
don't think I'm crazy. I do some crazy things, I admit that, and I'll probably do
some more crazy things in the future, but people shouldn't read too much into
that. (Billie) 

It's a good song, toot toot,         . Robert Smith, eat our dust. (Tre Cool, about
Longview) 

I'll remember 1994 as the year that ... ate shit ... (Mike Dirnt, in WHFS 1994
artist poll) 

This song is dedicated to everyone in 69 - this song's called Burnout. (Billie, at
Woodstock) 

Throw mud at each other... see how many stupid things you can do to each other
all at one time. (Billie, at Woodstock) 

You're just mad cuz you're in the rain, well         ! I hope it rains so much
you all get STUCK! (Mike, at Woodstock) 


That's a fat dude man... it's like WHOA WATCH OUT! (Billie) 

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. (Billie) 

This song is about forgetting what you're gonna say because of heavy drug abuse.
(Billie, about Who Wrote Holden Caufield?) 

Aw shit! It's Ka-Ka! Poo-poo! Shit! It's shit! It's shit! Shit... I hate God! Shit!!
(Billie) 

Apathy rules,      everyone! (Billie) 

I     in' hate Lynyrd Skynyrd, I've always hated Lynyrd Skynyrd.     in'
backwards ass hillbilly shit! (Billie) 

I'm a     in' idiot. (Billie)