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Billie Joe Armstrong

__ I LOVE BLACK. I love leather jackets, and I like having my old favorite T-shirts. I end up buying the same outfit over and over.

__ I WAS NEVER Mr. Hardcore. When we first started playing together, there was a big trend of who can play the fastest. And it was like, “Well, I don’t want to do that.” That’s not really musical for me. It became almost a bit macho, which is something we were definitely trying to get away from.

__ WE DIDN’T WANT to be a

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