A lot of time, I have to be the person who just goes, ‘Hey dude, don’t even trip. Don’t worry about it.’ Benji Madden Read Quote
You find, as the years go on and you have some success, people kind of start to say yes when they should say no. Benji Madden Read Quote
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.’ Benji Madden Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Benji Madden Read Quote
The American Dream – I believe in that cliche because I know what having nothing feels like. Benji Madden Read Quote
Good Charlotte became more than a band and more than the songs: it became something that the fans owned. Benji Madden Read Quote
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!’ Benji Madden Read Quote
