Benji Madden Quotes
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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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Every time we go to New Zealand, it gets harder to leave. Everyone's always treated us like we're at home.
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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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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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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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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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Anyone who's followed our band through the years has heard about the teenage angst.
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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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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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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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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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'Nevermind' by Nirvana. That was a big one for me.
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When we were younger, we fought, but that's what kids do, right?
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I feel like we've had a front row seat for the last 20 years to watching culture and youth.
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Our music contradicts our look.
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One thing I never worry about is money, because I have my health and my family, and I can always go back to work.
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I think Good Charlotte has definitely always been for the underdogs and the misfits. We haven't ever really been the critics' darlings.
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I didn't even write the lyrics down. I got in the booth, I put down a little guitar riff and the idea I had was it was going to be really simple, I just want it to be all about the lyrics and I just literally sang the lyrics.
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When we were babies, mum had to dress one of us in one colour, like blue and green, and she'd put a little mark on our hand or toe... she definitely had to sort us out.
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As a kid, you're like, 'Do they have Preakness everywhere or just in Maryland?' You hear people talking about it, and it was like, 'Oh, everyone goes there to hang out and party.' I didn't even know it was a race until I got older.