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Mike Dirnt from Green Day Quotes

mike_dirnt– “Sublime really annoys me, well the singer does. It’s ok to party, it’s ok to take drugs and have fun but don’t die! Don’t die! Party and go on but don’t die! That’s the rule. He died. We all party, but we don’t die.”
– “Punk is no longer a four-letter word. It’s a three-letter word now.”
– “All my religious beliefs are based on Star Wars.”
– “Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.”
– “Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad … were still pretty damn good.”
– “Leave me alone. I’m just the bass player.”
– “You ain’t never gonna get satisfied, and once you’re there, you’ll be unsatisfied.”
– “Musicians make music, technicians make techno.”
– “If you haven’t travelled all over the United States or anything, you don’t have to because I did it for you. And it all looks like a hockey arena.”
– “I can’t figure out how to get on it.” – on Napster

– “We’re validating our insanity.”

– “I think we get hurt less than most people, if they lived like us.”

– “I kind of look at it as a percentage of how much stupid stuff we actually do.”

– “It’s too hard to mime and do the dance moves at the same time.” – on bands
that lip-sync during concerts

– “Selling out is compromising your musical intentions, and we don’t know how to do that.”

– “If you can say the word dookie you can keep in touch with the child within.”

– “If Canadians could vote in the states, maybe we wouldn’t have such a fucking stupid president.”

– “If my kid didn’t rebel, she wouldn’t be my kid.”

– “I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.”

– “It’ll sound pretty cocky, but I’m already in my favourite band.”

– “We’re not gazillionaires, but we’re pretty damn close!”

– “If you can make yourself a happy person, then you’re giving to the world.”

– “Don’t blame me for the explosion of punk rock. I didn’t know our music was going to get that big.”

– “Then all of a sudden we got introduced to punk music and it was the coolest fucking thing!”

– “A lot of shows on that tour had to be cancelled because the crowds got too big.” – 1994 tour

– “We grew up in Berkeley, which is the fucking methampheamine capital of California.”

– “I’ll always remember 1994 as the year that… ate shit.”

– “We personally believe that dogs are going to take over the world. And when they do, they’re gonna hit everyone with shit.”

– “I told Billie, let’s just take it as far as we can. Eventually we’ll lose all the money and everything else, anyway. Let’s just make sure we have one great big story at the end. I think we will. In a lot of ways we already do.”

– “Your just mad cuz you’re in the rain, well fuck you! I hope it rains so much you get stuck!”

– “If you’re wondering why I’m not wearing shoes.. it’s cuz one fell out of the van yesterday.. I’m not a fucking hippy!”

– “I was one of those kids who’d walk around the neighbourhood and talk to the adults and learn a lot. I’m good with people.”

– “Go in your older brother’s closet and learn something, man.”

– “I wanna see everyone. And everyone, and everyone.”