It started off as this little joke and ended very grandiose – kind of like the theme from 'The Muppet Show,' – kind of how that was humorous but it was supposed to be very grand at the same time, very operatic, ... When everyone came back, Billie heard it and he was like, 'Oh, my God. That sounds so fun. I want to do one.' So he did one. He connected it to mine. ... We just kept playing musical hot potato. |
It was pretty intense. I don't suggest it any time soon. |
It's definitely going to shift gears a lot, |
It's more verbatim to the storyline of the record, but within it, it shows more of what we [Green Day] would see or think about than just a fantasy video, |
It's more verbatim to the storyline of the record, but within it, it shows more of what we [Green Day] would see or think about than just a fantasy video. |
It's the end of the day, I've got my chinese chicken salad, Mike's a happy boy. |
It's this total epic, theatrical number, so to hear it on the radio, it feels like you're doing something that's groundbreaking. |
Now are any of these vegetables magic? I mean if I rub that bean on my foot will I run faster? |
Opinons are like assholes, Everybody's got one! |
Stop throwing shit or I'll jump in there and beat your ass. |
There are weeks when I'll spank a lot, and other weeks I'll be apathetic and lonely and won't want to look at my cock. |
We had a lot of serious discussions about who we wanted to be as a band, where we wanted to be and who we wanted to be as individuals and where we wanted to be as men and as people, ... Those are difficult questions to ask. Most people need a counselor to do that. And this is a marriage really. |
We were up to the challenge. We're probably the best Green Day-type band there is out there. |
When I was a kid, my influences were just my early friends' punk rock bands and listening to the radio, |