Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

We like playing smaller venues, but we know how many people want to come and see us so we don't ever want to stop anyone who wants to come to a show from coming.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

As an artist, I want a reaction.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

Touring for two years is excruciating.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

I don't go out and pick fights.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

If fans come up to me, I talk to them.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

This is a business of love and labor.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

My favorite jellybean is the pink one with the flavor inside.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the creative ball rolling as often as possible.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.