Latest Mike Dirnt Quotes from Interviews

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• As long as each day comes with a nice fresh cup of Oakland Coffee then everything will be alright.

  Mike Dirnt

  Nice, Coffee, Oakland

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• I love our country. My dad served in the army. I always grew up with a song sense of belonging as an American. But I was also in the counterculture and I was coming from a place of fearing the police. So I was anti-establishment, but also loving your country. It's kind of an ironic sort of upbringing.

  Mike Dirnt

  Country, Song, Dad

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• I think we have an obligation to put on a fun show and put on a concert that's memorable, that's energetic and that spreads joy and open-mindedness. If being open-minded and joyful is against your political beliefs, then you know, f**k you.

  Mike Dirnt

  Fun, Memorable, Thinking

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• I hate saying that youth is wasted on the young since it's so f**king stupid, but I think you realize if you're fortunate enough to realize what you have, you don't want to sleep as much or squander any time. It's weird, but early in your career you don't stop to smell the roses since you're too busy picking them.

  Mike Dirnt

  Kings, Hate, Stupid

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• Early on I learned to question everything. But I feel like everything is so divisive right now. Going against the grain would be to not be divisive and be inclusive. That's the disruptive way to go about it.

  Mike Dirnt

  Would Be, Way, Grain

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• For me, when you get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, there's a side of me that goes, "What does that mean? Are you still relevant after that? Do they put you on the shelf along with the award?" I don't know, but that's the last thing we wanted.

  Mike Dirnt

  Mean, Awards, Rocks

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• I look at my kids as the Harry Potter Generation. There's a sense of justice about that, in beating Voldemort. It's a classic tale of good versus evil. To have a role model like Harry Potter that says you can defeat evil, but still be a complicated human being. That gives me a lot of hope.

  Mike Dirnt

  Kids, Evil, Giving

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• Bush, as far as I'm concerned, is a war criminal. With Trump, we have no idea. Right now it's just a freak show.

  Mike Dirnt

  War, Ideas, Criminals

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• I don't really give a f**k about the mainstream. The mainstream doesn't offer me anything. Why would I offer it anything? I love the world I have. I love the sort of subculture that Green Day represents.

  Mike Dirnt

  Giving, World, Green

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• When people start writing songs for award shows, there's a very limited palette you can use. You end up not sounding like you. You end up sounding like somebody else. You end up getting what the record company thinks they can market.

  Mike Dirnt

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• I have nothing to prove. I just want to follow the music. I love making records. I love playing live. That's it. There's nothing outside of that. I look forward to the weirdness that's in front of us every day.

  Mike Dirnt

  Looks, Records, Want

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• For me, it's important to get back to fundamentally what it feels like to be an American. We all come from different backgrounds, but we come together and create this world. It's like a microcosm for the rest of the world. I want people to feel unity when they come to a show.

  Mike Dirnt

  People, Unity, Important

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• There's no way you could get me onstage with someone that I didn't like. No way. I would never do that. We have our gripes and stuff like that. All bands have their drama, but life is too short to be miserable around somebody that you don't like.

  Mike Dirnt

  Drama, Life Is Too Short, Band

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• First and foremost, I want people on concerts to have a really great experience away from the negative press and negative stuff that you see on the news and Facebook. I don't even like seeing people's cell phones. Let's have a human experience and rub up against each other, you know.

  Mike Dirnt

  Phones, Cells, People

  Source: www.rollingstone.com