Come Quote by Benji Madden

I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet.

— Chris Martin

When we started playing our music, there weren't really many bigger punk bands. We wrote for ourselves. We weren't expecting to get a record…

— Chad Gilbert

I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.

— Walter Becker

As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

— Isaac Hanson

Sadly, I've seen a lot of bands hit that sort of peak and then eventually start supporting again, you know, which we will never…

— Glenn Tipton

I love the spirit of early pop punk and we incorporated that into our earlier albums.

— Luke Hemmings

It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,…

— Stephen Mallinder

We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting…

— Zacky Vengeance

I feel like the music speaks for itself. Actually, we had less to prove than most bands coming out at the time because they…

— Gym Class Heroes

Even though were not the most punk rock band, the way weve done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a…

— Brandon Thomas

I always felt, rather than play by the mainstream standards, we've always done what we do and the mainstream has finally decided to, like…

— Marilyn Manson

I got out of that immediately was that now, all of a sudden, rock music had become a spectator sport, that corporate labels and…

— Jello Biafra