Quotes from Benji Madden

Prince led by example. As prolific as he was as an artist, he was just as courageous in the business.

I think the soul of Good Charlotte is just feeling good.

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.

When we were younger, we fought, but that's what kids do, right?

The one thing that nobody else in the world can touch is the coffee in Australia.

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.'

We started our band in a garage when we were 15.

We became a really good gateway band for all the kids that went on to love My Chem or Fall Out Boy.

Good Charlotte fit in a lot of different genres - it's one of the coolest things our band has been able to do.

I think, a lot of times, people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine.

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.

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.'

I feel like, if you're writing the same songs you were writing when you were 17 in your 30s, something's wrong. As a grown man, you're more confident, and you have less to prove.

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.

We didn't leave home until we graduated high school, but when we did, we genuinely left. We went out into the world with 50 bucks, backpacks, and acoustic guitars.

I couldn't grow, like, any kind of facial hair at 17.

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.

When you're making an album, it's kind of like having a baby. You have to really put everything into it.

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.

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.

When we were babies, mum had to dress one of us in one colour, like blue and green, and she'd put a little mark on our hand or toe... she definitely had to sort us out.

The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that they can be.

What we're most known for is the catchy choruses and the big hooks.

Nothing worries me in life anymore. When you find that best friend, that love, all your worries kind of go away.