Quotes from Benji Madden

'Nevermind' by Nirvana. That was a big one for me.

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.

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.

I kind of live by this old thing that time will tell whether people are going to write about this or that; all we can do is be who we are and make records we love, and everything else will sort itself out.

The only time I only really made out with a girl in high school, my mom caught me.

I got a little tattoo on my face, I'll never be able to work another real job so I consider that to be kinda forcing myself to stick to music.

Our music contradicts our look.

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.

Good Charlotte, for us, comes from a place of youth for us, back when we were struggling and fighting for every inch, just trying to get by.

A lot of our fans have grown up, but they've stuck by us for the songs that dig a little deeper.

'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.

You don't know how a song is gonna do; you don't know where it's gonna live. You know if it feels real, if it feels authentic.

It really is draining: when you sing a song, it means so much to you, and every time you sing it, you feel it ,and these emotions come back.

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.

All of our lyrics are really personal, and we get a lot of personal letters.

The Madden Brothers is definitely not a side project.