Deryck Whibley Quotes

Some of my early musical memories are attached to grunge.

Green Day were heroes of mine growing up.

I listened to a lot of No Doubt stuff when I was in high school - or maybe it was middle school... I don't want to age myself too much!

I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.

I love '90s grunge and punk.

I can't remember the last time I looked at a Nirvana web site.

The first CD I had was 'Definitely Maybe' by Oasis, and I had a tape of' 'Parklife' by Blur when I was nine.

I remember way back when I was young, 10 years ago.

Rock music is niche.

There is nothing on earth that could ever make me want to relive certain years of my life when I was young.

The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.

Green Day was more of the influence than Blink.

Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too.

The movie 'Rock 'n' Roll High School' was a sacred text in my household.

Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young.

I love Nirvana, Weezer and a lot of pop punk stuff - Blink-182, I loved.

'Uprising' was one of the first three or four albums I ever bought in 1980 when I was 13, and that had a strong impact on me.

Baby, high school's over. High school's never over.

Growing up too fast and I do recall, Wishin' time would stop right in it's tracks.

I will be able to look back on my teen years as spent on a television set just having the biggest bunch of fun.

Everybody got away from what Pearl Jam are supposed to be.

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.

I still connect with original emotions. 'Night Moves' was written about 1961 or 1962 when I was in high school, and it was about what my friends and I did in that period.

The Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes' makes me want to move. And I still haven't gotten over the Macarena. Who has?