"I write a lot of songs when I'm going on walks. And I was kinda thinking like "Who is the American Idiot? What is this person? Who is that guy? What kind of character is gonna come out of that? Who is it?" And I just remember going on this walk, and then thinking, "I'm the son of rage and love, Jesus of suburbia". These two lines write there for me were, "Oh, my God. Here we go!"

It's one of the most emotional moments in a song that I've ever written. That's the only way you can look at song like that. You can't sit here and look at it and say, "This is a catchy number. Oh God, I'd like to dance on this song." For a song like Jesus of Suburbia, there's too much emotion at stake to just simply say it like that. You don't even have to say you love that song. I don't even think that's the way to describe it. It's about all the emotional baggage that you come with and that you are. That's what the Jesus of Suburbia is to me. And when it's reflected back at to you by 65000 people, it's a feeling I can't even describe".

Billie Joe Armstrong

 

I'm crazy about this song, i'm crazy about this show. I'm absolutely crazy about these guys.