"The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.“


-Billie Joe Armstrong

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The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.

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