Benji Madden Quotes
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All of our lyrics are really personal, and we get a lot of personal letters.
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The only time I only really made out with a girl in high school, my mom caught me.
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We can guarantee you that 15 to 30 seconds of any of our songs are going to be good. The rest, we can't guarantee.
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Often people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine. So they'll be saying, "Do another one like that," but you liked that one because it's real. So as long as I keep it real and I do something that's real to me, you're going to feel it in the same way.
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We started our band in a garage when we were 15.
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A lot of bands don't really like each other. I read an Interpol interview the other day, it was a really good interview because it was showing a different aspect of a band. They don't really like each other - they work together and they kinda exist together and that's how they like it. They're like, "we didn't get into this band looking for friends."
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We've made a lot of party music; we're definitely not Thom Yorke. But there's also depth to our records; we get emotional.
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The one thing that nobody else in the world can touch is the coffee in Australia.
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We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then.
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There's an interesting thing I've seen with Australian bands: when you put them side-by-side with bands from other parts of the world, they're just more musical. They're just better.
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I need a little criticism while I make a record so that I kind of feel like: okay, I know that I'm doing the best that I can do because someone is actually here challenging it.
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You find, as the years go on and you have some success, people kind of start to say yes when they should say no.
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I always jump at the chance to mentor kids when it comes to music.
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I've started to see records as just a snapshot, a portrait of where you were at at that time. And if you're comfortable with that, sometimes it's like an old high school year book picture - it makes you blush a little bit, but you gotta learn to really appreciate each stage of your life and where you're at.
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I've always been obsessed with girls.
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The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that they can be.
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Both of us are lucky because we married women who are amazing cooks.
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We have known each other for a long time, and I've always known the real Paris. I always knew she was like wife material or serious girlfriend material.
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I'm a really easy guy to read.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this album cycle for 'Cardiology' is the funnest couple years we ever see. We've made all of our mistakes; we've kind of learned. Now we know what to avoid, we know what to embrace, we know how to take a deep breath and enjoy the moment.