If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I'm sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out..

It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records..

The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids..

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them..

I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn..

The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more a….

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

We are not afraid to be entertainers..

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today..

That's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there's no expecta….

If me and Mike Dirnt are in the same room, it's not quite right if he's not on stage with me..

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know wh….

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….

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard..

The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not ….

We had a lot of fun together. We really were in sync with each other, a lot.Madisyn Shipman is a great kid..

I think that's the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock 'n' roll movies. They're playing to tape, but Fred Ar….

I thought everybody was in on the joke. But I was the joke..

There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ….

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

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