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Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting together to play drums and bass, who's gonna change the way we say things, the way that we dress, the way we view things, the music we hear, everything.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
I think about people whose lives maybe hadn't turned out as well as me and Joel's lives, and I just think it's just pure luck and the grace of God. I also think we were lucky to have each other as brothers.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte
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Nothing worries me in life anymore. When you find that best friend, that love, all your worries kind of go away.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
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.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
Maryland is such a special place, man... You miss that warm, friendly love. It ain't like that everywhere else in the world.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
It's hard to talk about childhood trauma. It's hard to talk about depression. It's hard to talk about anxiety. And we thought - I wonder if we just open up our subconscious and the things that we think about and hide from people every day and just let them come out in some of these lyrics.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
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.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
There's definitely a lot of moments in my life now where I go, 'Wow, I get paid for this.' I've had worse jobs.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte
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There are so many bands I am starting to see: Waterparks, Potty Mouth - they're all garage bands that started in the garage. Kids are loving them.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
The youth is always going to decide the future.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
Coffee in Italy and some places in Europe is great, but there's just something about Australian coffee.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
There are some people i'd take a bullet for, and some people i'd like to put a bullet in.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
Hard to find a better drug than a song you love.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
I really love 'Cold Song.' If anyone really listens to that song and thinks about their life, there's a lot of good material deep down in there. I think if you listen to the lyrics, it may take you on some sort of a journey.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte
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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.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
Prince led by example. As prolific as he was as an artist, he was just as courageous in the business.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
Jessie J's a funny, funny woman. What she does is she reels you in.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
You're just these kids from a small town. You get a record deal, and everything just goes so fast. In the span of five albums... in a way, the band that you started in your bedroom, or your basement or your garage, kind of becomes not your band anymore. It becomes something bigger than you could have known. No one really prepares you.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
My muse appears to me in a different form every time a new idea for a song is created. Sometimes I'm inspired by music or film, but more typically it's my surroundings that truly inspire me. Family, work, school, the city I live in, the books I read... All of these things inspire the creation of a song.
Paul Thomas Good Charlotte -
Our music contradicts our look.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte
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I kind of live by this old thing that time will tell whether people are going to write about this or that; all we can do is be who we are and make records we love, and everything else will sort itself out.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
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.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
We started our band in a garage when we were 15.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte -
I didn't fly on a plane until I was 19.
Benji Madden Good Charlotte