A Quote by Billie Joe Armstrong

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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Billie Joe Armstrong
American - Singer
Born: February 17, 1972

Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought.

Francois Gautier

That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed.

Joseph Altuzarra

I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I speak to people, so I must desert that ivory tower. To do this, I am a journalist - a photojournalist. But I am always torn between the attitude of the journalist, who is a recorder of facts, and the artist, who is often necessarily at odds with the facts. My principle concern is for honesty, above all honesty with myself.

W. Eugene Smith

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

Rosanne Cash

I don't want to become an ivory tower filmmaker. That sounds peculiar, but I want to be a mainstream filmmaker. I want the largest possible audience that I can find - but, of course, on my terms.

Peter Greenaway

You can't just hoard your ideas inside the ivory tower. You have to get them out into the world.

George M. Church

I don't see myself in an ivory tower.

Jeff Buckley

There's a good deal of ivory being sold that claims to be antique ivory. In fact, we've seen evidence that there are fake antiques being carved in countries like China.