Benji Madden Quotes
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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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In music industry they always want you to write something like the one that was popular. And that's something you kind of have to just - sometimes you just say yes to people, like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure," and then you just write the one you want to write.
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Anyone who's followed our band through the years has heard about the teenage angst.
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Don't let anyone make you feel like you're not good enough, smart enough or cool enough. Do your own thing.
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Good Charlotte became more than a band and more than the songs: it became something that the fans owned.
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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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The guy who runs Big Day Out doesn't like us for some reason; I don't even know why. We do all the other festivals, and we enquired about it. Who knows, maybe he'll eventually crack, but maybe not. We're just going to keep knocking on his door late at night saying, 'Come on, dude!'
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Good Charlotte is very special to us. It's something we really cherish.
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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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I prefer a good review. A bad review that dismisses us... I take it with a grain of salt. I go, 'Okay, they didn't even try.'
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Straight up, I'm from Waldorf, Maryland, you guys. Let's not forget that.
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We were all 16 and 17. When you're that age, you're just daydreaming all day. We had bands we loved - Green Day, Weezer, a lot of bands in the '90s - and we just wanted to have fun. We didn't overthink it too much.
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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.
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Things have changed. I almost feel like it's more adaptable, and you can decide your own career now. I feel artists have so much more of a voice and so much more power now. It's really inspiring to see how a lot of the young artists use their platforms.
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When you have a relationship with a label, it can really affect the work you're doing and if you feel like they don't believe in you sometimes you go: "maybe I'm not any good at this". Then you get on a label that is excited to have you and you go: "oh, maybe we are ok at this". It gives you a little more confidence and you work a little better.
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We became a really good gateway band for all the kids that went on to love My Chem or Fall Out Boy.
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Our fans are very much like us; they like the same things we do.
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I hope my allergies don't act up.
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When we were younger, we fought, but that's what kids do, right?
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It really is draining: when you sing a song, it means so much to you, and every time you sing it, you feel it ,and these emotions come back.
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We didn't leave home until we graduated high school, but when we did, we genuinely left. We went out into the world with 50 bucks, backpacks, and acoustic guitars.
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As young kids, we had a lot of tenacity. Life was tough at home, so it was easy to go out in the world and try.
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'Nevermind' by Nirvana. That was a big one for me.
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I feel like we've had a front row seat for the last 20 years to watching culture and youth.