Chester Bennington Quotes
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When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind.
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You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.
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You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.
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Asking someone to describe what something sounds like is like telling a blind person to guess what I look like.
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It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.
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All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions.
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My favorite jellybean is the pink one with the flavor inside.
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I don't go out and pick fights.
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We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.
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We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'
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This is a business of love and labor.
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I really wish Mike and Joe would stop drawing on me while I'm sleeping.
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I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore.
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When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there.
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It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
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As an artist, I want a reaction.
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I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.
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Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.
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For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something.
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We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.
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If fans come up to me, I talk to them.
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The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do.
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Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the creative ball rolling as often as possible.
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You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live.