Joe Armstrong: My Hero

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I have a challenge for you. Can you guess who this hero is before the fourth paragraph. You will have fun guessing. My hero is 45 years old, he is a musician, he plays vocals, guitar, bass, drums, and harmonica in his three man band. The is 5`7 and has 2 kids. Here are some of his quotes:.
“School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobody 's perfect, so why practice.”
“We are the kids of war and peace.”
“I`m the son of rage and love the Jesus of Suburbia.”
“The hardest thing about quitting marijuana was when I would relapse, I would come home high and since I had kids it was really weird because there were these little people who look like me walking around and I was so confused.”

This person is a hero to many people because of the way he thinks. He has a very political mind and is not afraid to say what he is thinking. These traits make other people feel alright about what they do and say. People are also amazed by his recovery from addiction. He was once a crackhead, and he did pot, and marijuana but he was able to stop fairly quickly, this helped a lot of people summon the courage to put down their blunt and start anew. …show more content…

Billie Joe is my hero because of the way he inspires me. He does what he wants, he says what he wants he has no filter. His music makes me feel like I can do whatever I want to. It makes me feel better about how I think differently from other kids in this school. When I was in kindergarten, I had this little mp3 player with tons of music I took it everywhere I went because I knew even if the worst thing ever happened I would always have music. I was lost, but the music found me and now it is one of the most important things in my