Quotes from Benji Madden

Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.

Our fans are very much like us; they like the same things we do.

Good Charlotte became more than a band and more than the songs: it became something that the fans owned.

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.

I've done plenty of phoners for Joel when he's been too busy. You'll never know. Our voices sound so similar.

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.

It's really hard to do this life - to be a human being alone.

Australian bands are so self-deprecating - then they go on stage and blow every other band off the stage.

I may have punched walls when no one else was around.

Maryland is such a special place, man... You miss that warm, friendly love. It ain't like that everywhere else in the world.

Good Charlotte is very special to us. It's something we really cherish.

Hopefully, the people that would look at a Good Charlotte record and dismiss it for maybe what they think is a certain kind of content, if they do discover something meaningful, then it's a nice surprise. I like those kinds of contradictions.

I hope my allergies don't act up

We want to give kids something to hope for. If one kid says, "Your cd helped get me through this year," that's all it takes.

There's this wave of new pop-punk bands that has come out that's bigger than ever. I'm really glad that we got to be a part of helping push that forward, if we did at all. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

I didn't fly on a plane until I was 19.

The American Dream - I believe in that cliche because I know what having nothing feels like.

As hopeful as I am, there are some times in my life when I get to low points. Luckily, I still have music to get me through things.

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.

Both of us are lucky because we married women who are amazing cooks.

I love the gym; I do a lot of curls.

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.

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?

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.