"Tré: I told my dad "Yeah I’m going to be a drummer" and he said "well you can if you can rub your stomach at the same time as you pat your head at the same time you’re standing on one leg and kicking the other one out in a circle and say the pledge of allegiance". And I did all that just like bam you know?�

“Mike: We write music for oursleves. If anyone else likes it, that's great.�

"There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it." (as said by Billie Joe)�

“Tré on their first tour bus: It's, like, an ok tour bus and all, but people see book mobile on the side and come up and ask us if we have any books to sell. I mean how stupid is that....books? We don't even read."�

“Billie-Joe: We put the 'fun' back in dysfunctional.�

Billie-Joe: I sound like an Englishman impersonating and American impesronating an American.�