Green Day Quotes

Green Day has been known to share their thoughts in magazines, on tv or any other kind of interview. Whether ridiculous, thoughtful, random or funny - many of these are worth noting. Below you'll find our collection of some of our favorite quotes by all three members of Green Day.

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"I have a homosexual crush on most adolescents" - Tre Cool

Billie Joe Armstrong

"I've been singing harmony with Mike Dirnt since we were about 15 years old." Wall Street Journal editorial by Billie Joe

"Pretty and demented at the same time, like me."

"The harder you work, the luckier you get. " Kerrang interview May 2010

"I'm always a work in progress." Kerrang Interview May 2010

"I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA." Interview NME June 2009

"Every night I play as if my life depends on it." Interview NME June 2009

"My job description is that I'm a rock star. And I'm good at it." Kerrang Interview December 2005

"Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary. " AP interview October 2004

"I didn't think I'd even be alive at 29... let alone still making music" Kerrang Interview October 2001

"The musical is amazing. I mean, I don't throw that word around very often unless I'm talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. " IGN Interview May 2009

"I got body lice in Germany! I'd tell you they were crabs, but I wasn't getting laid."

"The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you're just boring. "

"I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else"

"I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It's the worst name in the world"

"I don't care what you do, I don't wanna be a mud hippie like you" Woodstock 94 Mud Fight

"If me and Mike Dirnt are in the same room, it's not quite right if he's not on stage with me." American Idiot musical - January 22, 2011

"There’s supposed to be a curfew at this shithole. We don’t do fucking curfews. We’ll go off when we want"

"We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world" Q Magazine interview - Nov 2010

"To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit" Interview talking about American Idiot

"Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point."

"We put the fun back into dysfunctional"

"Rock bands are such pussies, you know? I honestly think that people are looking for something that's more than just a piece of shit"

"The one thing that's always stuck with us is that we're crazy mother fuckers." 2010 interview in South America

"You're the fucking leaders, you have the power. Don't let these bastards dictate the rest of the world, or dictate your fucking life!" Live 8 concert on July 2, 2005 in Berlin, Germany

"History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly."

"Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point."

"Attack your instruments. Don’t let them attack you."

"I kind of became everyone’s weird uncle. I was drunk all the time wearing a fucking leopard g string."

"One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak."

"You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?"

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

"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?"

"If someone falls down please pick them back up. Just because there's not a fuckin' camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to lookout for each other."

"Welcome to Montreal-- fuck you', would be a good sign at your highways."

"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."

"Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it."

"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."

"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."

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

"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!"

"Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God."

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

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

"Punk rock is dead...and I fucking killed it."

"[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."

"Are you canadian? Oh, okay, 'cause you're sure as hell acting like one right now."

"Do you wanna have sex and get married?" Interview when asked what the Best Pick Up Lines were.

"Yeah I've met members of The Who, and "members" of The Who"

"We are not afraid to be entertainers."

"The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore."

"Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball."

"To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistake" Bullet In A Bible

"Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place"

"Music is the air that I breathe, it's the blood that pumps through my veins."

"And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think, 'What's wrong with that person? What kind of hang-ups does that person have?' Obviously, it's not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that."

"What do you mean we walked around in girls clothes? We walked around in dresses and they happened to be ours!"

"Our passion is our strength."

"Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin"

"Stand the fuck up! This isn't a fucking coldplay show!" Concert during 21st Century Breakdown tour

"It's my fucking life and you know what, nobody invited you...so there's the door...see ya!"

"My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that."

"I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now... its AFI-liner"

"You have to be forgiven of you're sins now so you can start sinning all night long" Foxboro Hot Tubs show

"Y'know?" Pretty much every interview

"You don't mow another man's lawn!" MTV Interview

"...and sometimes I think she may have married the end of the world." Talking about his wife, Adrienne.

"Let's shake some shit up - that's all you can do."

"I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself."

"Of course, you also want something that'll make one hell of a killer tattoo." An interview talking about the characters Christian and Gloria

"Do you have a problem? I have a gun. I'll shoot you. No problem."

"School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?" Interview

"Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time. "

"What has two thumbs, speaks French, and likes blowjobs? *points thumbs at himself* Moi."

"It's MISTER American Idiot to you..."

"The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore."

"You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun."

"You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record."

"I hate celebrities. I really hate them."

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

"They sound like Tre choking on a hair ball."

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

"Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it."

"I'm still wearing the pants I had in the eleventh grade"