“I look at ordinary people in their suits, them with no scars, and I'm different. I don't fit with them. I'm where everybody's got scar tissue on their eyes and got noses like saddles. I go to conventions of old fighters like me and I see the scar tissue and all them flat noses and it's beautiful. ... They talk like me, like they got rocks in their throats. Beautiful!” PeopleLooksDifferentEyeBeautifulRocksFitOrdinaryLike MeSuitsFighterNosesFlatsThroatScarConventionsOrdinary PeopleTissuesSaddlesScar Tissue Author:Willie Pastrano
“I definitely related a lot to Perry [from That's Ordinary World movie]. I liked how he put family first. I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he's just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could've been the path I went on, or not.” WorldFirstsHeartKindFunParentPathImagineRocksOrdinaryRelatedExhaustionBeing A ParentOrdinary WorldFamily First Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“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 Armisen and I were actually in a rock 'n' roll bad together. I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I'm a pretty klutzy parent.” ThinkingWorldCharacterBigsTogetherParentDifferencesRocksOrdinaryRelatedRock N RollTapeOrdinary World Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn't really know where it was going to go. It's like I always say, you just follow the music. Not only was American Idiot a special moment for us, but it also led to Ordinary World, too.” KnowsWorldMomentsFeltBehindsRecordsSpecialRocksOrdinaryConceptsIdiotOperaArtworkSpecial MomentsOrdinary World Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“Man is a little germ that lives on an unimportant rock ball that revolves about a small star at the outskirts of an ordinary galaxy. ... I am absolutely amazed to discover myself on this rock ball rotating around a spherical fire. It's a very odd situation. And the more I look at things I cannot get rid of the feeling that existence is quite weird.” MenLooksLittlesFeelingsEarthScienceStarsExistenceSituationSunFireRocksOrdinaryBallsOddAmazedGalaxyUnimportantGermsRotating Author:Alan Watts
“If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep...An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.” PeopleIfsKnowsMayArtistFeltRocksRegretDutyCitizensOrdinarySorryBurdenSingersSongwritingRock N RollI'm SorryOrdinary Citizens Author:Patti Smith