American Idiot Quotes

The very first concert I ever went to was a Green Day concert when I was 12 years old, at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont., and I remember right after seeing them perform I started a band, and I wanted to get up in front of people and start performing. Ten years later, to be on the Green Day 'American Idiot' tour is really awesome.

When I was in New York for 'White's Lies,' I saw 'American Idiot' and 'Hair.' I loved both of those.

Green Day is politically brain-dead but I love the little monkeys.

'American Idiot' was the hardest show that I've ever done - ever.

I think Green Day's 'American Idiot' is probably the best comeback or mid-career record that any band has done.

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.

For those that don't know much about 'American Idiot' or Green Day, just know that it's my generation's The Who's 'Tommy' or Pink Floyd's 'The Wall.' It was an album that really spoke to a generation. The theatrical show encapsulates that feeling and brings it to an even wider audience.

'American Idiot' is not only one of my favorite albums of all time, it's become an anthem of a generation.

When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out.

Green Day were heroes of mine growing up.

We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we'll see what happens.

It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options open.