“We put everything we had into this record, just like we do with every other record that we make.”Billie Joe Armstrong
“What do you mean we walked around dressed like girls? We walked around in our own clothes they just happened to be dresses.”Billie Joe Armstrong
“I remember getting ready to do 'American Idiot' thinking that people were either going to call us brilliant or crazy for doing it and I think maybe we got a little bit of both in the reaction. With any album, you put in the best you can and you dig further than ever before and then you put it out never really knowing what will happen…”Billie Joe Armstrong
“After a while I started to realise that it is my passion to play live for people and it is on all levels - from a club show to playing at Milton Keynes, or something like that. It’s a thing that we love to do and I’m addicted to the adrenaline of it”Billie Joe Armstrong
“I have been in Green Day for most of my life, we have been doing this since I was 16 years old, and I just love how this band has evolved from a bunch of 'slackers' to one of the most socially conscious bands out there. It is pretty groovy to see how things have changed and yet it has all been a very natural process for us.”Billie Joe Armstrong