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. Benji Madden Read Quote
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.’ Benji Madden Read Quote
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. Benji Madden Read Quote
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. Benji Madden Read Quote
All we can do is just think about what we can put into the world – not really kind of what we can get out of it. Benji Madden Read Quote
Nothing worries me in life anymore. When you find that best friend, that love, all your worries kind of go away. Benji Madden Read Quote
That’s just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular. Benji Madden Read Quote
I think, a lot of times, people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that’s genuine. Benji Madden Read Quote
