Benji Madden

I've always been obsessed with girls.

— Benji Madden

We don't take ourselves seriously; we make the records for fun.

— Benji Madden

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

— Benji Madden

I'm always happy to work with my brother and especially to be a part of 'The Voice Kids.'

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I have a great family, so I'm lucky I've gotten to experience all the joys of having a family.

— Benji Madden

I answer the questions I want, and I don't the ones I don't.

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

— Benji Madden

I feel like we've had a front row seat for the last 20 years to watching culture and youth.

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

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There's an interesting thing I've seen with Australian bands: when you put them side-by-side with bands from other parts of the world,…

— Benji Madden

Start enjoying the things you like about yourself, and if there are things you want to change, either get to work on…

— Benji Madden

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.

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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…

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To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to…

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The least punk thing I ever did was open a money market account. Blue chip stocks. Mutual funds. They're a very safe…

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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…

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There are so many bands I am starting to see: Waterparks, Potty Mouth - they're all garage bands that started in the…

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I didn't even write the lyrics down. I got in the booth, I put down a little guitar riff and the idea…

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We were kids that didn't have any education. None of our parents were in the music business or even college graduates. We…

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Hopefully, the people that would look at a Good Charlotte record and dismiss it for maybe what they think is a certain…

— Benji Madden

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…

— Benji Madden

As a kid, you're like, 'Do they have Preakness everywhere or just in Maryland?' You hear people talking about it, and it…

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You're just these kids from a small town. You get a record deal, and everything just goes so fast. In the span…

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'Life Changes' is a song that we feel really connects to the spirit of our band and our fans. It's got that…

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I really love 'Cold Song.' If anyone really listens to that song and thinks about their life, there's a lot of good…

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Jessie J's a funny, funny woman. What she does is she reels you in.

— Benji Madden

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

— Benji Madden

Every time we go to New Zealand, it gets harder to leave. Everyone's always treated us like we're at home.

— Benji Madden

As young kids, we had a lot of tenacity. Life was tough at home, so it was easy to go out in…

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Coffee in Italy and some places in Europe is great, but there's just something about Australian coffee.

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

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

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

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I always jump at the chance to mentor kids when it comes to music.

— Benji Madden

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

— Benji Madden

There are some people i'd take a bullet for, and some people i'd like to put a bullet in.

— Benji Madden

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

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Straight up, I'm from Waldorf, Maryland, you guys. Let's not forget that.

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

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You've got to think, when we started our band, none of us had a computer until we were 21.

— Benji Madden