Benji Madden Quotes
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I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having a good time.
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To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to experience.
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A lot of our fans have grown up, but they've stuck by us for the songs that dig a little deeper.
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'Life Changes' is a song that we feel really connects to the spirit of our band and our fans. It's got that positive vibe we always want to put out there, and the message - no matter how many times you get knocked down, always get back up - will forever be part of the GC story.
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It's important for artists to value themselves - whatever that means. Everyone's going to take that in a different way. If you don't value yourself, you will be bought and sold.
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I think it's a known fact that Joel and I have always loved Australia since we started coming here 13 or 14 years ago. Everyone knows we love it here. Our only concern is will we wear our welcome out?
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Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.
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We grew up in the middle of nowhere. We didn't have a rich uncle in the music industry or some contact through someone that our dad worked with. And we went into the world blindly, and just through believing, dreaming, and working hard, Good Charlotte came to fruition.
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I have a great family, so I'm lucky I've gotten to experience all the joys of having a family.
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I love the gym; I do a lot of curls.
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The American Dream - I believe in that cliche because I know what having nothing feels like.
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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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Good Charlotte's the first band we've ever been in, and back then, critics didn't matter. There were no rules. There was no one we had to impress.
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It's really hard to do this life - to be a human being alone.
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I think that 'Prayers' is a really interesting one because we wrote it well before the border crisis was happening, and in that first verse, I was actually writing about the experience of me and my wife's relationship and finding someone who you feel safe with and you relate to and can ponder existence with.
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I answer the questions I want, and I don't the ones I don't.
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I've done plenty of phoners for Joel when he's been too busy. You'll never know. Our voices sound so similar.
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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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I think the soul of Good Charlotte is just feeling good.
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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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I couldn't grow, like, any kind of facial hair at 17.
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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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We were kids that didn't have any education. None of our parents were in the music business or even college graduates. We didn't have someone guiding us. We were just uneducated kids from the middle of nowhere that suddenly had a band going around the world.
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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.