Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes

I think closing-off is the most detrimental thing we can do as people. Also, the idea of not judging oneself.

I think in general I personally have a tendency to protect other people's feelings, and I've noticed that becomes a major hindrance to communication. It's better to just be honest, even if it's painful.

I think the best way people can connect to you is by being real

As I've grown older, I've grown more convinced there's nothing that shouldn't be talked about. If we think we're protecting each other, we're not.

I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are.

My best advice would be that you have to be vulnerable with each other. Like, everyone says you have to be honest, you have to communicate; like, yes, of course, but you gotta be willing to be vulnerable.

A lot of my friends and the people who know me know I'm a feeling person. I feel, deeply.

I have confidence in my manhood to be able to cry at a movie or at a wedding, too.

I don't mean to be so sensitive, but that's just who I am. And I'm not afraid to admit it.

I'm a very honest person, and I'm quite emotional for a man. If I want to say something, I'll say it.

I have a way of opening up people and gaining their trust. I think they can see my vulnerability because I'm unafraid to admit if something doesn't quite work.

You can't be afraid to be honest and to be yourself. We all have imperfections and fall short at some point. Showing your human side creates a sensitivity, openness and trust. That's the beginning of the demise in a relationship - not being honest and not being you.

I'm quite tactful, actually. I worry about whether people are all right. With my friends, obviously, conversations are quite free and uncensored, but I would never enjoy making someone feel uncomfortable at all.

I think for me the trick is not to aim to impress or to even try to make people laugh but instead to tell the truth.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

It is, for example, axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.

What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems

Yes, I sounded like a pathetic weenie. I prefer to think of it as showing my softer side.

One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.

Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it.

It's far better to make people angry than to make them ashamed.

I think it would do a lot of people good just to realize how vulnerable they are.

When you approach someone as a human being, truly and try to be as open as safety allows, some of the bigger reenactments with a whole army of paramilitary people participating, I couldn't say my feelings openly in front of everybody, without it being dangerous for my crew.

You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right. I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me. I'm not changing. I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.