Benji Madden
Benji Madden

It does feel really good when you play a new song, and it's the loudest singalong of the night. It means just as much when we're playing the old songs, and people are singing along to those, too.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

Anyone who's followed our band through the years has heard about the teenage angst.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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.

Benji Madden
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 was like, 'Oh, everyone goes there to hang out and party.' I didn't even know it was a race until I got older.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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.'

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

One thing I never worry about is money, because I have my health and my family, and I can always go back to work.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

Our music contradicts our look.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

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.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

We were kids that didn't have any education. None of our parents were in the music business or even college graduates. We didn't have someone guiding us. We were just uneducated kids from the middle of nowhere that suddenly had a band going around the world.

Benji Madden
Benji Madden

I think Good Charlotte has definitely always been for the underdogs and the misfits. We haven't ever really been the critics' darlings.