Billie E Quotes & Sayings

I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. — Billie Joe Armstrong

Only Certain offered no enticements, for she knew nothing could ease the pain. Not books or photography or food. Not even love. — Billie Letts

And when you're poor, you grow up fast. — Billie Holiday

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour. — Billie Jean King

That's what the 'Doctor' is about, essentially - having that energy that you just can't understand. — Billie Piper

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing. — Billie Holiday

And when we pressed our heads to each other's hearts how did we not hear Carmen McRae singing? In Angela's fisted hands, Billie Holiday staggered past us and we didn't know her name. Nina Simone told us how beautiful we were and we didn't hear her voice. — Jacqueline Woodson

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences. — Billie Jean King

I think everybody should get married. Boys and girls. Girls and boys. Boys and boys! Girls and girls! Shouldn't we all be entitled to a family-Civil rights baby it's civil rights. It doesn't get any better here in Berkeley I'll tell you that. — Billie Joe Armstrong

These are things like Michael Jackson's Thriller, an album that was (1) produced by Quincy Jones, (2) features guitar playing by Eddie Van Halen, (3) includes at least three singles that ooze awesomeness, and (4) has the single best bass line from the entire 1980s (i.e., the opening of "Billie Jean"). It is a "guilty pleasure," presumably, because 45 million people liked it, and because Jackson is quite possibly a pedophile, a d because two dancers had a really unfair knife fight in the video for "Beat It." This is akin to considering Thomas Jefferson a "guilty pleasure" among presidents because he briefly owned a pet bear. I mean, he still wrote the fucking Declaration of Independence, you know? — Chuck Klosterman

I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that Bessie Smith got when she sang ... So I liked the feeling that Louis got and I wanted the big volume that Bessie Smith got. But I found that it didn't work with me, because I didn't have a big voice. So anyway between the two of them I sorta got Billie Holiday. — Billie Holiday

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them. — Billie Joe Armstrong

Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open. — Billie Jean King

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are. — Billie Jean King

Dont test me, Second guess me, Protest me, You will DISAPEAR! (East Jesus of Nowhere) — Billie Joe Armstrong

Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese. — Billie Burke

It's your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down — Billie Jean King

I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team. — Billie Jean King

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question. — Billie Jean King

Don't be in such a hurry. — Billie Holiday

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms. — Billie Jean King

When all else fails ... be a rockstar — Billie Joe Armstrong

I like to keep my girlish figure — Billie Joe Armstrong

Create your legacy, and pass the baton. — Billie Jean King

Forty-seven is nothing at all, nor is any age unless you're a cheese ... — Billie Burke

I wrote a song called 'Green Day' because I was smoking a lot of dope. — Billie Joe Armstrong

Stupid girls run upstairs, stupid girls run upstairs," she's saying to herself, turning to pull Ben with her up the aluminum steps, Billie Jean just feet behind them — Stephen Graham Jones

My mother was a stout woman with a man's name - Billie. She was plain-faced with honest eyes - no black grease by the lash line, no blue powder on the lids, eyebrows not plucked up high and thin. — Charles M. Blow

Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary. — Billie Joe Armstrong

Awake, she struggled to fill the hours until she could sleep again. But nothing she did made her feel whole. If she ate, she didn't taste the food. If she read, she couldn't remember the words. If she rested, she still felt tired — Billie Letts

You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!? — Billie Joe Armstrong

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis. — Billie Jean King