Benji Madden Quotes
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The songwriting process is different on every record because you're never coming from the same place when you're writing.
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It does feel really good when you play a new song, and it's the loudest singalong of the night. It means just as much when we're playing the old songs, and people are singing along to those, too.
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When I have kids, they're definitely gonna work.
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Novelty always sparks ideas.
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I really was thinking a lot about the energy on the first couple records that we ever put out and how young and excited we were. I just really wanted to make it more fun than anything.
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The least punk thing I ever did was open a money market account. Blue chip stocks. Mutual funds. They're a very safe and dependable way to grow your money long-term.
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I read all the reviews. I remember the first review I ever read about our band was, 'They'll be gone tomorrow; they'll be gone quicker than they came.'
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All the best songs are, I think, the easiest write because they just come out.
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I couldn't grow, like, any kind of facial hair at 17.
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Don't worry mom . I am still a virgin.
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That's just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular.
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We want to give kids something to hope for. If one kid says, "Your cd helped get me through this year," that's all it takes.
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Good Charlotte fit in a lot of different genres - it's one of the coolest things our band has been able to do.
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Hopefully, the people that would look at a Good Charlotte record and dismiss it for maybe what they think is a certain kind of content, if they do discover something meaningful, then it's a nice surprise. I like those kinds of contradictions.
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A lot of time, I have to be the person who just goes, 'Hey dude, don't even trip. Don't worry about it.'
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You've got to think, when we started our band, none of us had a computer until we were 21.
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Good Charlotte, for us, comes from a place of youth for us, back when we were struggling and fighting for every inch, just trying to get by.
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I think we live in a time where we can all distract ourselves from facing the pain or the reality of all of our lives - tons of ways to hide, to kill pain, to deal with pain.
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One of the most harmful things in the music industry is 'record-by-committee,' where 10 people from the label gather around, and they make you write a 100 songs and decide which one's a hit. That takes the inspiration out of it.
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What we're most known for is the catchy choruses and the big hooks.
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All we can do is just think about what we can put into the world - not really kind of what we can get out of it.
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Straight up, I'm from Waldorf, Maryland, you guys. Let's not forget that.
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As hopeful as I am, there are some times in my life when I get to low points. Luckily, I still have music to get me through things.
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3 years ago I was stocking shelves at Target, living on Ramen noodles, and crashing at Billy's house. Now I'm on tour.