10 Questions for Billie Joe Armstrong | TIME

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The punk front man and bandmaster stars in Green Day : Rock Band. Billie Joe Armstrong will now take your questions.
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  • @olliegoria
    @olliegoria8 жыл бұрын

    Billie Joe is immortal. That's why he doesn't age.

  • @Atay03

    @Atay03

    8 жыл бұрын

    TRUE

  • @TheDreamingInsomniacs

    @TheDreamingInsomniacs

    8 жыл бұрын

    +gReeNDaY21x he wears a lot of makeup either way he doesn't actually look that young

  • @galwaygirl401

    @galwaygirl401

    7 жыл бұрын

    ...yeah though, he does look that young xD

  • @darkishside3

    @darkishside3

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yaaaasssss!!!

  • @asiaapiata2594

    @asiaapiata2594

    7 жыл бұрын

    I agree

  • @KaptinSir
    @KaptinSir10 жыл бұрын

    It always amazes me how big of a change there is between his talking voice and his singing voice...

  • @keknation

    @keknation

    10 жыл бұрын

    That is what i think everytime

  • @katiebrooke9040

    @katiebrooke9040

    7 жыл бұрын

    KaptinSir I know right.

  • @taylortripp8598

    @taylortripp8598

    6 жыл бұрын

    KaptinSir its because when he sings he uses his gut or also known as his false vocals, that's why there is that big of a difference. He doesn't sing with his regular vocals.

  • @willywonka3050

    @willywonka3050

    6 жыл бұрын

    Taylor Tripp check out "stay the night acoustic" , it's closer to his talking voice.

  • @mossboy2564

    @mossboy2564

    6 жыл бұрын

    His talking voice reminds me a bit of Gerard Way’s talking voice

  • @StoneBrick812
    @StoneBrick8127 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who sucks at keeping eye contact when asked questions

  • @leftywith4strings201

    @leftywith4strings201

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oliver Easton Ikr

  • @marctouss1862

    @marctouss1862

    7 жыл бұрын

    i think that when i make eye contact with people im creeping them out..so that kinda makese me not do it..

  • @101theobserver

    @101theobserver

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oliver Easton. usually when you don't do eye contact means you just throwing bunch of bullshit that comes out from your imaginary world.

  • @samlee3253

    @samlee3253

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oliver Easton same

  • @ChapieChapie

    @ChapieChapie

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oliver Easton something tells me he didnt really fancy the woman interviewing him, she went pretty flat on his joke he made starting the interview, every person does this when youre obligated talking to persons you dont like, no eye contact

  • @MidnightCyanide
    @MidnightCyanide9 жыл бұрын

    *"Ya know" Counter* 24 *24* Oh, Billie Joe XD

  • @EmZajex

    @EmZajex

    9 жыл бұрын

    DesolationSkiesFallen Been watching their interviews since childhood and I blame him for how much I say "ya know" now. The worm crawls into your brain and can't leave

  • @MidnightCyanide

    @MidnightCyanide

    9 жыл бұрын

    Emily Zajecka Same here! XD

  • @vanessadorko9661

    @vanessadorko9661

    9 жыл бұрын

    MidnightCyanide It's 16

  • @MidnightCyanide

    @MidnightCyanide

    9 жыл бұрын

    Vanessa Dorkó Oh, is it? I'll watch it again

  • @MidnightCyanide

    @MidnightCyanide

    9 жыл бұрын

    Vanessa Dorkó I counted again, it was 24 XD

  • @girlwithkaleidoscopeeyes4771
    @girlwithkaleidoscopeeyes47717 жыл бұрын

    Okay it's official, no one pulls off guyliner like Bille

  • @samuelorigenes1185

    @samuelorigenes1185

    7 жыл бұрын

    girl with kaleidoscope eyes And Gee Way *cough cough*

  • @girlwithkaleidoscopeeyes4771

    @girlwithkaleidoscopeeyes4771

    7 жыл бұрын

    alright, it's a tie, I'll grant you that

  • @coolvideos1447

    @coolvideos1447

    7 жыл бұрын

    girl with kaleidoscope eyes Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Pete Wentz, Gerard Way

  • @Anonymous-uv4xf

    @Anonymous-uv4xf

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mize | Ever heard of a typo?

  • @lctterbomb

    @lctterbomb

    7 жыл бұрын

    looks like we both like the strokes lmao

  • @therainbowgaming9816
    @therainbowgaming98168 жыл бұрын

    It's so cool, how now he's like , 40, but he still has a family on one hand, and a punk rock band, on another.

  • @IvyPetersonGreen_Day

    @IvyPetersonGreen_Day

    8 жыл бұрын

    43

  • @ehlayan6667

    @ehlayan6667

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ivy Peterson He's 44 lol

  • @ShadowG4D

    @ShadowG4D

    8 жыл бұрын

    .

  • @ehlayan6667

    @ehlayan6667

    8 жыл бұрын

    ShadowG4D yeah, as you can see i replied to someone else :) look closely before you correct someone who is not wrong

  • @pissyinpunk09

    @pissyinpunk09

    8 жыл бұрын

    44

  • @helenakarlstrom3895
    @helenakarlstrom38957 жыл бұрын

    He has the cutest talking voice! But it completely changes when he sings!😍

  • @betzymartinez3364

    @betzymartinez3364

    7 жыл бұрын

    Helena Karlstrom right

  • @halliehauer9895

    @halliehauer9895

    6 жыл бұрын

    Helena Karlstrom he kinda sounds like Gee.....(im assuming you know who Gee is based off of your name but just in case Gee is Gerard Way)

  • @somersetjones

    @somersetjones

    6 жыл бұрын

    Y'know Helena is a real name

  • @lelgie601

    @lelgie601

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree *no homo*

  • @patrickpilchowski4207

    @patrickpilchowski4207

    5 жыл бұрын

    Punctuation! Is impotant

  • @kylehill8947
    @kylehill89478 жыл бұрын

    Eye contact is amazing

  • @earlgrey7642

    @earlgrey7642

    8 жыл бұрын

    Interviews are intimidating

  • @crowtalker

    @crowtalker

    8 жыл бұрын

    anxiety makes life harder

  • @sjdjdneifn5230

    @sjdjdneifn5230

    8 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @BenKurdziel

    @BenKurdziel

    7 жыл бұрын

    I can't make eye contact with people even in normal conversation, it just feels weird and intimidating. I can talk to anyone about anything and speak fine without making eye contact, but man is it hard to make eye contact with people.

  • @kylehill8947

    @kylehill8947

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ben Kurdziel Same, It must be worse for him in the situation imo, being interviewed like that.

  • @mynameisnotskrillex5879
    @mynameisnotskrillex58798 жыл бұрын

    22 y'knows in 6 minutes

  • @canadianao482

    @canadianao482

    8 жыл бұрын

    XD

  • @marilyngonzales9900

    @marilyngonzales9900

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @silovitipanj4958

    @silovitipanj4958

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Caleb Bartlett dude calm down he didn't say it was a flaw i find it funny

  • @lucygirl4926

    @lucygirl4926

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Ya knows" are better than "U feel me?" every 2 seconds....GREEN DAY ROCKS!

  • @Massiveominousbuilding

    @Massiveominousbuilding

    7 жыл бұрын

    My Name is Not Skrillex. we love you Billie yknow

  • @sophiastiles1846
    @sophiastiles18468 жыл бұрын

    He's such an awesome guy. He deserves to be everyone's roll model

  • @emigurganus8052

    @emigurganus8052

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sergio Balaguera he had a right to be pissed they cut his show time so stupid usher can go up and sing. I myself would act as he did maybe even worse

  • @silovitipanj4958

    @silovitipanj4958

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Emiley Taptiklis he had rights to be pissed but that was a bit too much,he was an alchoholic then

  • @davemeese6788

    @davemeese6788

    7 жыл бұрын

    Check out matt bellamy. Hes a real nice and smart guy

  • @bearsmellz

    @bearsmellz

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sophia Stiles y'know

  • @daytopel4292

    @daytopel4292

    7 жыл бұрын

    yup, we should all blow off steam with methaphetamines

  • @xxgreen-dv5gx
    @xxgreen-dv5gx8 жыл бұрын

    shit i talk just like him. i cant focus on the person i am talking at and i look around cos i just i just cant

  • @bruh-di4ku

    @bruh-di4ku

    7 жыл бұрын

    xx.green talking at?

  • @vaethe
    @vaethe8 жыл бұрын

    NEW DRINKING GAME: Take a shot every time he says ya know!!!!

  • @FlyingV555

    @FlyingV555

    7 жыл бұрын

    Vathe you'd puke after the 5th shot

  • @toad15fan

    @toad15fan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Flying V nice profile pic.

  • @maclunkey_

    @maclunkey_

    7 жыл бұрын

    Vathe you'll get alcohol poisoning

  • @clementine3114

    @clementine3114

    7 жыл бұрын

    are you trying to kill me

  • @binkbinkbink

    @binkbinkbink

    7 жыл бұрын

    Vathe rip

  • @EVAgirl222
    @EVAgirl22210 жыл бұрын

    He never looks at the interviewer XD

  • @katiebrooke9040

    @katiebrooke9040

    7 жыл бұрын

    Maybe it's social anxiety even though he's a performer and is around people all the time ya know. It's just a thought.

  • @TOPsCinderella

    @TOPsCinderella

    6 жыл бұрын

    Katie Wells I'd have to wager that you're probably correct. One of the reasons he went off at the iheartradio thing was because he was doped up on anxiety and depression meds & booze

  • @noemiorellana90

    @noemiorellana90

    6 жыл бұрын

    EVAgirl222 Because she is a bitch

  • @auroradipietro941

    @auroradipietro941

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lol he is too shy

  • @KaityMoon

    @KaityMoon

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sem Nome just stop.

  • @dezs.5202
    @dezs.52025 жыл бұрын

    "Why do you never age?" He laughs nervously because he knows he's been exposed

  • @softballllllllil22

    @softballllllllil22

    7 күн бұрын

    Lol

  • @dc-vengance5630
    @dc-vengance56308 жыл бұрын

    no billie, I don't know

  • @companiaholandesa8269

    @companiaholandesa8269

    4 жыл бұрын

    Xd

  • @sneppysnack809

    @sneppysnack809

    4 жыл бұрын

    This

  • @vik_tori8113

    @vik_tori8113

    3 жыл бұрын

    At first I didn't get that but theeen

  • @zeppdude335
    @zeppdude3357 жыл бұрын

    "They're even better than the way I sing it" not possible

  • @v1t05l3m
    @v1t05l3m10 жыл бұрын

    Now i need to hear 21 guns again.

  • @trohsg5242

    @trohsg5242

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nishant Rawat waw. 21 likes.

  • @pigsrace5892

    @pigsrace5892

    5 жыл бұрын

    One hundred, 21 likes!

  • @anamanolescu4987

    @anamanolescu4987

    5 жыл бұрын

    He said "y'know" 21 times

  • @maxpigeon
    @maxpigeon7 жыл бұрын

    This dude is 45, I work at the moda center and saw his concert this past week and he’s still running and jumping all over the stage 😂

  • @martilack

    @martilack

    4 жыл бұрын

    it isn’t hard for someone 45 to run and jump hahah he’s not fukin 90

  • @FKMDC

    @FKMDC

    3 жыл бұрын

    45 isn't that old

  • @smafa3660

    @smafa3660

    3 жыл бұрын

    So God bless him

  • @billiethepineapple8708
    @billiethepineapple87089 жыл бұрын

    Billies hair looks like my cats fur.

  • @josiecarff648

    @josiecarff648

    9 жыл бұрын

    Billiethepineapple Your profile pic is awesome. :3

  • @billiethepineapple8708

    @billiethepineapple8708

    9 жыл бұрын

    Josie Carff thanks

  • @IvyPetersonGreen_Day

    @IvyPetersonGreen_Day

    8 жыл бұрын

    oh god your profile picture is amazing

  • @colonelhilgil

    @colonelhilgil

    7 жыл бұрын

    I want his hair style lol

  • @samanthavictoria3308

    @samanthavictoria3308

    5 жыл бұрын

    Billiethepineapple your cat must be very fluffy😂

  • @khaledmadani8074
    @khaledmadani80748 жыл бұрын

    y'know

  • @Polskalalka1

    @Polskalalka1

    7 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @miagregory4727

    @miagregory4727

    7 жыл бұрын

    khaled madani he says ya'know a lot ya'know

  • @khaledmadani8074

    @khaledmadani8074

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mia Gregory I know ya'know

  • @roni6135

    @roni6135

    7 жыл бұрын

    i play the triangle..

  • @baxxtian

    @baxxtian

    6 жыл бұрын

    i don't know ya'know

  • @agatamal5948
    @agatamal594810 жыл бұрын

    When i get older i will make my kids listen to Green Day every Saturday morning...and they WILL enjoy it.

  • @billiethepineapple8708

    @billiethepineapple8708

    9 жыл бұрын

    Why not every morning?

  • @patterje237

    @patterje237

    9 жыл бұрын

    Billie The Pinapple Why Not All Day Every Day?

  • @billiethepineapple8708

    @billiethepineapple8708

    9 жыл бұрын

    Punk And Rock Bands Yup I agree.

  • @Againstme008

    @Againstme008

    7 жыл бұрын

    Best mom ever.

  • @user-pp6ev9bs4u

    @user-pp6ev9bs4u

    7 жыл бұрын

    Anberlinos Mal make them listen to it everyday!

  • @beyla5238
    @beyla52384 жыл бұрын

    Two immortal men: 1. Keannu Reeves 2. Billie Joe Armstrong

  • @lparker2171

    @lparker2171

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pepperoni Cheese Gerald way

  • @gerardwayseyelash

    @gerardwayseyelash

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lparker2171 GERALD? HONEY NO. ITS GERARD. 😂😂😂

  • @chereginemanalo

    @chereginemanalo

    3 жыл бұрын

    can u include Ian Somerhalder from the vampire diariesss🥰

  • @alcortaaberturas4083

    @alcortaaberturas4083

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gerardwayseyelash also mikey way

  • @harrybarton2150

    @harrybarton2150

    2 жыл бұрын

    Paul rudd

  • @volkerhutzler7691
    @volkerhutzler76919 жыл бұрын

    He says ya know a lot, ya know?

  • @expectedlime_8076

    @expectedlime_8076

    7 жыл бұрын

    Gargano y'know?

  • @Anonymous-uv4xf

    @Anonymous-uv4xf

    7 жыл бұрын

    Volker Hutzler | Ya know how he says "ya know" a lot? 'Cause he says it a lot, ya know?

  • @christinahoefert2627

    @christinahoefert2627

    6 жыл бұрын

    Volker Hutzler I do know! Lmao!

  • @ciphertamrakar662

    @ciphertamrakar662

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dattebayo

  • @Aryanof99

    @Aryanof99

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why but I like the way he says "Y'know" , y'know?

  • @rakgtr
    @rakgtr10 жыл бұрын

    i fucking love this guy. I never liked his later albums as much as warning or nimrod but hes a true artist, something thats rare in the industry.

  • @kha3584
    @kha35848 жыл бұрын

    When he was saying about how all his songs show his emotions and they come from his heart, I was thinking where the hell did he get Kill The DJ from? Does he just hate DJs with a passion?!! 😂😂

  • @captainsafety8354

    @captainsafety8354

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Whatsername101 My friends think I don't listen Green Day but they are soooooo wrong

  • @captainsafety8354

    @captainsafety8354

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Whatsername101 Same

  • @jesusofsuburbia9128

    @jesusofsuburbia9128

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kyra Peacock "Walking after dark, in the New York City park."

  • @molly4857

    @molly4857

    3 жыл бұрын

    i love that song its the only green day song i can get my sister to willingly lisin to with out her calling it trash and saying my music sucks

  • @hurpaderpp

    @hurpaderpp

    2 жыл бұрын

    its probably a nod to panic by the smiths

  • @TheFelocarp
    @TheFelocarp10 жыл бұрын

    it is so weird to listen to him without hearin a fuck in the middle of every sentence

  • @jazzyp5554

    @jazzyp5554

    7 жыл бұрын

    Felipe Canullan truuu

  • @Stayuntilwednesday

    @Stayuntilwednesday

    7 жыл бұрын

    Felipe Canullan ikr

  • @gerbilpmc

    @gerbilpmc

    7 жыл бұрын

    He says y'know instead

  • @d.lan3y
    @d.lan3y5 жыл бұрын

    The more time I spend learning about Billie Joe, the more I like him as a person.

  • @punksofgreenday2067

    @punksofgreenday2067

    2 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @ausernamehandle

    @ausernamehandle

    7 ай бұрын

    Frrr

  • @klawis
    @klawis7 жыл бұрын

    "Dreaming the next dream" powerful words, Billie. Actually his answer to the last question was indeed an inspirational

  • @hollymorgan4189
    @hollymorgan41899 жыл бұрын

    He's like Gerard Way, he never ages

  • @bleachisgoodforurhealth9946

    @bleachisgoodforurhealth9946

    9 жыл бұрын

    Holly Morgan i love you for this comment

  • @MidnightCyanide

    @MidnightCyanide

    9 жыл бұрын

    Holly Morgan He sounds like him too

  • @mason385

    @mason385

    9 жыл бұрын

    DesolationSkiesFallen sorry but no XD

  • @MidnightCyanide

    @MidnightCyanide

    9 жыл бұрын

    Mason Upton I just mean his speaking voice, it sounds kinda like current day Gerard's voice. Their singing is drastically different XP

  • @SophiaGonzalezkillnotlive20

    @SophiaGonzalezkillnotlive20

    8 жыл бұрын

    They don't age, their speaking voices sound the same, and their bands were v great friends. (R.I.P MCR tho)

  • @Audrey1317
    @Audrey131711 жыл бұрын

    I have so much respect for him. And not just him, all the members of Green Day. They are the reason that I started playing guitar and I am so passionate about music. Before I heard of them I didn't realize how beautiful music was. Thank you Green Day

  • @softballllllllil22

    @softballllllllil22

    7 күн бұрын

    Me too ❤️

  • @yourflagsucks2275
    @yourflagsucks22758 жыл бұрын

    also he mentioned the fountain of youth,is there a drought at it?

  • @juliapavese6125

    @juliapavese6125

    8 жыл бұрын

    THERES A DROUGHT AT THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTHHHHH AND IM DEHYDRATED

  • @yourflagsucks2275

    @yourflagsucks2275

    8 жыл бұрын

    Julia Pavese my tongue is swelling up and i say *insert violin solo* SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

  • @mattb9528

    @mattb9528

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ninja Cat I'm on a Wagon

  • @christiancaringer3499

    @christiancaringer3499

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Fuck your Bookshelves I'm hitchin a ride( don't know where) hitchin a ride( don't know where)

  • @mattb9528

    @mattb9528

    8 жыл бұрын

    Waflles - 3000 hey mister where you headed

  • @tessa.6169
    @tessa.61698 жыл бұрын

    HE SOUNDS LIKE GERARD WAY MY MIND IS CONFUSED

  • @dylanchew7079

    @dylanchew7079

    8 жыл бұрын

    MCR was great!

  • @tessa.6169

    @tessa.6169

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dylan Kessler you probably listened to their new music, they have pretty good music tbh. but yah it's your opinion

  • @tessa.6169

    @tessa.6169

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dylan Kessler he sounds similar when they talk not sing

  • @tessa.6169

    @tessa.6169

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dylan Kessler have you even heard Gerard lmao

  • @jessicaschneider1312

    @jessicaschneider1312

    8 жыл бұрын

    he really does sound like him its so weird wow

  • @AnToBiLLiEjOe93
    @AnToBiLLiEjOe9310 жыл бұрын

    4:57 his laughter is one of the best things ever

  • @asiaapiata2594
    @asiaapiata25947 жыл бұрын

    his eyeliner is perfect

  • @softballllllllil22

    @softballllllllil22

    7 күн бұрын

    Almost everything about him is perfect 😂

  • @NP-rh3dt
    @NP-rh3dt7 жыл бұрын

    I love Billie's Non-Bullshit way of thinking

  • @drewangel6598
    @drewangel65984 жыл бұрын

    Me: “I love Billie so much!!!” My friend: “I love Billie Ellish too!!” Me: no just no.... you don’t get it

  • @seajay4266

    @seajay4266

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow All the other comments are from like 4 years ago Also same lel

  • @newworldorpheus551

    @newworldorpheus551

    3 жыл бұрын

    Funnily enough, both Billies are actually fans of each other's music

  • @avamichelle6126

    @avamichelle6126

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@newworldorpheus551 I don’t count Billie as a fan of Green Day. It’s more just her brother lmao

  • @FredrickTheMoose2007

    @FredrickTheMoose2007

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@avamichelle6126 kzread.info/dash/bejne/dpqIw8-pms_IkZs.html

  • @avamichelle6126

    @avamichelle6126

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FredrickTheMoose2007 yeah I watched it

  • @generallytrash
    @generallytrash8 жыл бұрын

    take a shot every time billie says ya know

  • @chanbobann8256

    @chanbobann8256

    8 жыл бұрын

    I would be hungover by the end of this vid

  • @totallynotagamingchannel3203

    @totallynotagamingchannel3203

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, you'd die of alcohol poisoning about a quarter of the way through... Xd

  • @reimondsantiago7234

    @reimondsantiago7234

    7 жыл бұрын

    Generally Trash WTF vriska

  • @yuh1955

    @yuh1955

    5 жыл бұрын

    Enjoy 24 shots

  • @latriciahyde9701

    @latriciahyde9701

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or how about take a shot everytime someone comments about the fact that he says “ya know” a lot.

  • @andremigcasol
    @andremigcasol10 жыл бұрын

    Untill about 2 months ago, and I saw Green Day live in the summer, I thought Billie Joe was like, 20 a lot, 30 and a few... I found out he is 41!

  • @lolgal1996

    @lolgal1996

    10 жыл бұрын

    My cousins thought he was like 18. So proud of them

  • @thetattedpharmacist3215

    @thetattedpharmacist3215

    10 жыл бұрын

    hehe their vibrance kinda makes you forget that they've been together as a band for more than 20 years :P

  • @kebab_boi
    @kebab_boi6 жыл бұрын

    New drinking game: Take a shot every time Billie says "y'know"

  • @Dog1818YT

    @Dog1818YT

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ali Rafiei do you want people to die??!

  • @ladygaga3753

    @ladygaga3753

    4 жыл бұрын

    Any one would be drunk in the first two minutes

  • @_That_one_guy

    @_That_one_guy

    3 жыл бұрын

    My google history is now: Giant rubber duck amazon, Billie Joe Armstrong cutout Amazon, how to not die from a hangover

  • @rendersen22
    @rendersen223 жыл бұрын

    I know most of the you have realized that this interview does not have 10 questions because it was shortened. This is the transcript for the full interview: Rebecca: Why did "Green Day" decide to do a "Rock Band" game? Billie Joe: It was a new way of getting our music out there. Formats are constantly changing, and there are really no rules for the way you put your records out anymore. There are also so many people who are gamers. I am not, but I have played the drums [in "Rock Band"], and I am terrible. Rebecca: How do you respond to people saying that "Green Day" is not punk anymore? Have you changed your style in response to naysayers? Billie Joe: Our main goal is to write great songs, and that comes before genre. The thing about punk is that in any genre of music whether if it is punk, or blues, or jazz, or straight up rock and roll, there is purist on every side. So once you start getting outside of that, then they do not think what you are necessarily doing is quote on quote Punk rock. But for me, I want to be a great songwriter. So my range of songwriters, my favorites, goes anywhere from a band like the "Sex Pistols" all the way to Lennon-McCartney. That is what "Green Day" is. There are no rules. Rebecca: What do you think about the current state of punk rock? Billie Joe: There are always young bands playing in their garages. A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It is below the radar. The beauty of it is that you are not supposed to always know. It is subterranean. Rebecca: What makes you want to have a Broadway musical adaptation of "American Idiot"? Billie Joe: When we were first doing "American Idiot" and while we were making it, we always thought it was something very theatrical and it had a storyline to it. So we always thought it should be staged somehow whether it would be in the theater or would it be in something else. We really did not know how it was going to come up. So when Michael Mayer did a musical called "Spring Awakening", when he called, we took that call immediately. Rebecca: What is it like to be seeing your songs on stage? Billie Joe: It has been surreal. It has been amazing to hear the different voices, especially women to sing your songs. I did not really know that women can sound really that good singing your songs. They are even better than the way I sing them. So it was just great to see the story that you had in your head that was in the record for a minute and then suddenly it is on stage acted right in front of you and it was kind of like seeing the whole thing coming from fruition. It is like “This is what we have started with which was the album and now there is a stage production with the storyline” and it is pretty amazing. Rebecca: How did your band get its name? Billie Joe: I wrote a song called "Green Day" because I was smoking a lot of dope. Our drummer put "Green Day" on his jacket and said, "Maybe we should call the band that." And I said, "That is a good idea." We used to be called "Sweet Children". Rebecca: How do you create a setlist for live shows? Billie Joe: Setlists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the setlist at the drop of a hat. Rebecca: A while ago, in "Behind the Music" on "MTV", you said you regretted signing to a major record label. What do you think now? Billie Joe: I have no regrets at all. I did not know what head space I was in [when I said that]. Back then, I had a lot of time to reflect on my life and career. But no, I do not regret signing to a major. It was the right thing to do, and we have had no problems. Rebecca: Do you think that musicians have a responsibility to try to have a social or political message in their music? Billie Joe: I think that the only people that should have responsibility for singing about social issues or politics or anything like that are the ones that are not full of shit about it or the ones that are not preaching. If you are going to write a political song, it has got to come from the same place that you would write a love song. It cannot be some empty rhetoric where you are involved in a bunch of finger-pointing. You have to have yourself involved in it. So when it is like I have that song that says “Don’t want to be an American Idiot”, I am talking about myself and what is going on in my country at the same time and how I fit into it and how I feel alienated from it at the same time. So, it is self-deprecating, but it is also trying to empower yourself. Rebecca: What bands have influenced you? Billie Joe: When I first started getting into music that mattered for me, I would say that a lot of Minneapolis bands like "Hüsker Dü" and "The Replacements". Then after that, "The Ramones" and then the local punk rock scene that we came from in Berkeley which was bands like "Operation Ivy" and "Crimpshrine" and this great record compilation called "Turn It Around" which was like the first sort of wave of the "Gilman Street" punk band that was coming out of there. So, that was a pretty big record for me. Rebecca: Why do you never seem to age? Billie Joe: (Laughs) Age? Oh, I age. I definitely age every single day as this time goes on, I am aging. As soon as it is there, it would be in the past. So, I think trying to mentally keep yourself in a place where you still have excitement in your life and you are always in awe and you always have that thing about you of where you are dreaming the next dream and never resting on your laurels and not going through emotions and that is to me, that is the Fountain of Youth. I mean, it has nothing to do with the wrinkles on your face or how fat you get or if you get gray hair. It is just your zest for life.

  • @giuliafischer
    @giuliafischer6 жыл бұрын

    8 years later and Billie still looks incredibly young. Love him!

  • @vivicaepps8513
    @vivicaepps85138 жыл бұрын

    Billie Joe Armstrong is an amazing person.I'm so happy for him

  • @theepicwaffle5212
    @theepicwaffle52124 жыл бұрын

    Who’s here since the Hella Mega tour was announced?

  • @gg2enbeefthoven57
    @gg2enbeefthoven578 жыл бұрын

    y'know y'know y'know

  • @declanl2167

    @declanl2167

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know

  • @softballllllllil22

    @softballllllllil22

    7 күн бұрын

    Y'know?​@@declanl2167

  • @olivertucker1871
    @olivertucker18718 жыл бұрын

    Nearly 40 years of green day sad I have only been alive for 11 of them

  • @zoomerjack5435

    @zoomerjack5435

    4 жыл бұрын

    More like 30

  • @hayleespinale9031
    @hayleespinale90318 жыл бұрын

    he and gerard way sound really similar when they talk i'm so uncomfortable

  • @jakethedog7272

    @jakethedog7272

    8 жыл бұрын

    +IanN12 so true

  • @jessicaschneider1312

    @jessicaschneider1312

    8 жыл бұрын

    ikr its so weird

  • @radiornnr5218

    @radiornnr5218

    8 жыл бұрын

    They must be twins!!!!!! :O

  • @generallytrash

    @generallytrash

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Phantom Falcon or maybe they're the same person

  • @Roogie22

    @Roogie22

    8 жыл бұрын

    That's so true omg. I don't know how to feel about this

  • @marisknuut4269
    @marisknuut42697 жыл бұрын

    who cares about their fucking genre? its green day, their music is pure gold no matter what genre

  • @devil027
    @devil0277 жыл бұрын

    his hair looks so good

  • @softballllllllil22

    @softballllllllil22

    7 күн бұрын

    Always

  • @ish202
    @ish2028 жыл бұрын

    @Gerard Way and Billie Joe Armstrong WHY DO YOU NEVER AGE AND WHY DO YOU SOUND THE SAME

  • @tenzing7661

    @tenzing7661

    8 жыл бұрын

    Because Gérard is actually young. Gérard is a big fan so he tries to sound like Billie

  • @mills696

    @mills696

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Noah Garfield Gerard is 39, he's not that young.

  • @tenzing7661

    @tenzing7661

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol Yeah i guess..He just turned 39 and he is 5 years younger than Billie.As a band though MCR is decades younger.

  • @vikotube338

    @vikotube338

    5 жыл бұрын

    WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE OMGG

  • @hi-pm8il

    @hi-pm8il

    3 жыл бұрын

    when they sing they didnt sound the same.

  • @user-bk1js1xq3o
    @user-bk1js1xq3o7 жыл бұрын

    If anything, green day has gotten more punk since 2001

  • @paokasbani

    @paokasbani

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oryx The Taken Doomguy lyrically yeah if u cross out the trilogy and some love songs

  • @legoshi5925

    @legoshi5925

    7 жыл бұрын

    Paolo Kasbani Who says punk can't have love songs? Does nobody remember new rose by the damned? That was a love song that was absolutely punk

  • @jaredocana3473
    @jaredocana347310 жыл бұрын

    4:59 Awkward blinking -_- '_'-_-

  • @Alejandromichael84

    @Alejandromichael84

    6 жыл бұрын

    Explain how blinking is awkward :/ I never knew such a thing could actually exist. Can I sip my tea, or write awkwardly, too?

  • @melvinsandberg70

    @melvinsandberg70

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alejandro Michael yes you can

  • @sinkdishes

    @sinkdishes

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alejandro Michael 4:59

  • @RustinChole
    @RustinChole2 жыл бұрын

    Having seen them in 1993/1994 as a buncha amazingly talented unknown hard partying punks, it’s great to see he’s so solid, super smart, seems like a nice guy.

  • @SaaR90
    @SaaR9012 жыл бұрын

    I just love how honest and open-minded he is.

  • @Juli-gd7pf
    @Juli-gd7pf7 жыл бұрын

    When he said "Age!?!" after last question, I was sure that he will say: "-Age?!? What is it?"

  • @mikehoben7341
    @mikehoben73415 ай бұрын

    Listen and look at this man, he’s about as straight as my spine and I have severe scoliosis. And we love him for that!

  • @alexroche5982
    @alexroche59827 жыл бұрын

    Awww his little giggle - what a bean

  • @khloeborcherding-forbes7646
    @khloeborcherding-forbes7646 Жыл бұрын

    I counted the yknow’s and this man somehow managed to say yknow 23 times during a 6 minute interview

  • @apurvatripathi2192
    @apurvatripathi21928 жыл бұрын

    4:56 the best and cutest laugh ever❤and the best question too

  • @juddhoff3956
    @juddhoff39565 жыл бұрын

    Every day being in awe of something. Right on! I'm the same age as Billy Joe. I was a punk in Minnesota listening to the Replacements as a teen. I think punks are punks because of being in awe of things. We let ourselves feel. We get into the minutia of things and let ourselves be amused and fascinated.

  • @Mark-fy9iu
    @Mark-fy9iu4 жыл бұрын

    It's September 2019 and I am only experiencing Green Day for the first time as back in the day I graphed in with bands such as The Who, Mr. Springsteen, Ray Charles, U2, Elvis and many of the band's that made it to Cleveland. Music died for me a few years back and their 'raw punk' audio adrenaline, symbolic facade and lyrical discourse have ignited and resurrect my hearts passion for music. Perplexing to revisit my personal playlist and re-evaluate and reorganize this history. Their contributions will be passed on with importance.

  • @aquabubbles741
    @aquabubbles7416 жыл бұрын

    I'm not concerned with whether or not Green Day is still purely "punk". All I care about is the music and if it speaks to me or not, and Green Day consistently keeps me listening :) They've been around before I was even born. I'm 21 now and just saw them in concert a few nights ago and it was incredible.

  • @CrispyHulk1
    @CrispyHulk12 жыл бұрын

    Billie Joe was almost 40 years old in this interview.... He legit looks 25 at most

  • @EvanWilson74
    @EvanWilson747 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! That was awesome!

  • @elisacantu6347
    @elisacantu63477 жыл бұрын

    omgahhhhd he's so beautiful.Eveytime the camera catches his eyes my heart skips a beat!

  • @liv_the_big_boss
    @liv_the_big_boss8 жыл бұрын

    I love Billie Joe Armstrong!!! You rock!!!😘😝😎

  • @canadianao482
    @canadianao4828 жыл бұрын

    There needs to be a song with BJA and Gerard Way. Like seriously this has to happen, cmon Warner, make it happen ! :)

  • @stonechaisson5102

    @stonechaisson5102

    7 жыл бұрын

    Canadiana O can we just ban MCR fans from listening to green day

  • @TajinPickle

    @TajinPickle

    6 жыл бұрын

    No they're entirely different music style and Gerald way gave up on music

  • @b.l7491

    @b.l7491

    6 жыл бұрын

    Punk Thot 'Gerald Way' BITCH DID YOU JUST

  • @poserdisposer6460

    @poserdisposer6460

    2 жыл бұрын

    And have a speaking part so we can’t tell who’s talking

  • @918caitlin
    @918caitlin10 жыл бұрын

    I can never get I've the difference if his singing voice and talking voice. It's amazing. I love it. And him

  • @anaroldan6934
    @anaroldan69346 жыл бұрын

    How is it possible that 7 years from that interview it still feels real, it still feels present and future?

  • @SimbaOS
    @SimbaOS9 жыл бұрын

    I've always thought about Green Day as a mix of Sex Pistols and The Beatles. Anyone who have listened a lot of Pistols and Beatles can recognize influence of both in Green Day's songs. In this video Billie Joe confirmed that. Green Day are the best join of The Beatles and Sex Pistols in their unique way and I just love them.

  • @SimbaOS

    @SimbaOS

    8 жыл бұрын

    Rick hickd There's no accounting for taste. But you should behave yourself and at least be polite when you talk to other people. If insulting is the only thing you're capable of, I feel sorry for you.

  • @11raljr11

    @11raljr11

    8 жыл бұрын

    +SimbaOS get your facts straight...sex pistols is punk...greengay is hollywood mtv bullshit....

  • @SimbaOS

    @SimbaOS

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Rick hickd I didn't say they are. I'm just saying - behave yourself. Who do you thin you are to talk to others like you did? An in my initial comment I said that Green Day sounds like a mixture of Sex Pistols and The Beatles to me. You can disagree, but that doesn't give you the right to be insolent.

  • @SimbaOS

    @SimbaOS

    8 жыл бұрын

    And once again - there's no accounting for taste. Someone like, someone dislike. There's no right and wrong when it comes to taste.

  • @11raljr11

    @11raljr11

    8 жыл бұрын

    Greengay sucks

  • @kyleerozakishmm3338
    @kyleerozakishmm33387 жыл бұрын

    1: whY does he should like gErard Way 2: hiS hAir is so fLuffy

  • @missbluecaterpillar
    @missbluecaterpillar5 жыл бұрын

    He has such a soothing voice

  • @Zer0.One_38
    @Zer0.One_387 ай бұрын

    he says a lot of "y'know" in the interviews. i love him

  • @HowardWolstenBellamy
    @HowardWolstenBellamy10 жыл бұрын

    I have been listening to green day and watching their live dvds for years and i completly forgot that Billie would have an american accent.. . can't hear it at all in the songs

  • @solsteiner7241

    @solsteiner7241

    3 жыл бұрын

    he actually sounds kind of British in some stuff, I genuinely thought green day was british.

  • @lydiaself6222
    @lydiaself62229 жыл бұрын

    Ya know I just ya know and Ya Know it's really ya know so ya know like ya know ?

  • @amitabasu3809
    @amitabasu38093 жыл бұрын

    Love BJA's responses, esp. to the last question. Diet, sleep, nutrition are important to aging well -- but the key is having a purpose in life.

  • @saffronthurkettle6795
    @saffronthurkettle67953 жыл бұрын

    His answers are so straight up it’s amazing

  • @louraineparonda9031
    @louraineparonda90319 жыл бұрын

    That laugh at 4:57 tho 💙

  • @sebastianspringer6457
    @sebastianspringer645710 жыл бұрын

    He really never age hahaah

  • @deeznutzinyourmotherfuckin408
    @deeznutzinyourmotherfuckin4087 жыл бұрын

    Minneapolis is my home town! We always got love for GREEN DAY!

  • @reneebartlett7077
    @reneebartlett70775 жыл бұрын

    "Ya know" he's so cute I love him😂😂💓

  • @ErrorUsernotfound-ol6ff
    @ErrorUsernotfound-ol6ff2 жыл бұрын

    Man u should see how Billie Looks like in 2020 he looks like a American Dad trucker

  • @amaller4080
    @amaller40804 жыл бұрын

    I love how he connected ageing to mature and like mentally ageing than actual physical ageing 🤣

  • @elia.0713
    @elia.07135 жыл бұрын

    Omg he seems so humble, so sweet

  • @mitotianiMartin
    @mitotianiMartin11 жыл бұрын

    Nice! It´s been a while since I listened to their music, but I liked his responses, especially the last one.

  • @bennossturmos3924
    @bennossturmos39243 жыл бұрын

    Why do you never seem to age? Ahahaha(nervously laughing)

  • @dannydark5802
    @dannydark580210 жыл бұрын

    But 21 guns is from the album 21st Century breakdown?

  • @manu0696

    @manu0696

    10 жыл бұрын

    yeah, it is why?

  • @SixFtUnderTheStarz0_0
    @SixFtUnderTheStarz0_04 жыл бұрын

    He's precious

  • @MrAwesomeComments
    @MrAwesomeComments11 жыл бұрын

    hes such a perfect person

  • @domkyvonmonky
    @domkyvonmonky8 жыл бұрын

    does he ever make eyecontact with the woman?

  • @giorgioantonaci7097

    @giorgioantonaci7097

    4 жыл бұрын

    Trust me, doing interviews while making eyecontact it's really hard for some people. Me included.

  • @paddytguitar
    @paddytguitar8 жыл бұрын

    He says y'know more often than apparently kid says 'apparently'. 😂

  • @Thysta
    @Thysta4 жыл бұрын

    I listen to hip hop, but looks I've found another great person into my watch inventory. He's right on point.

  • @The2stupid
    @The2stupid Жыл бұрын

    I love how he's always saying *yknow*

  • @potatertots2060
    @potatertots20608 жыл бұрын

    Why is he like so bae ya know

  • @bradleyalexander4213
    @bradleyalexander42138 жыл бұрын

    Holly cow he sounds completely different from when he sings

  • @Arrannbarkerr
    @Arrannbarkerr11 жыл бұрын

    Y'know. I love the way he answered the questions.

  • @nj5388
    @nj53886 жыл бұрын

    I love billie joe amstrong💞

  • @barbarateixeira6342
    @barbarateixeira63424 жыл бұрын

    "I age, i definitely age, every single day." This interview is from 10 years ago. He fucking looks the same

  • @sargentrowell81
    @sargentrowell817 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit! The 2 questions from the US are from Kentucky? I think that's a sign that Green Day needs to come back to Louisville! Especially considering the fact that they've only been here one other time, during the American Idiot Tour.

  • @MakayuRonin
    @MakayuRonin11 жыл бұрын

    billie has such a beuatiful soul

  • @aaronsalmon1376
    @aaronsalmon13768 жыл бұрын

    She is absolutely drop dead gorgeous!!

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