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Chester Bennington Quotes

Total quotes: 11
“In this business, if you ever have any expectations, you will always be let down. So I don't expect anything.”
— Chester Bennington, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: The Lost Interview
Tagged: Expectations, Music Industry
“I try to, but gut instincts are always so hit and miss. When it hits, you're like, 'Wow, I totally knew that was gonna happen!' But when you miss, it's like, 'I can't believe I was so stupid!' But with this particular situation, there was no doubt in my mind. The creativity of the music, and the different sounds that were coming out of it ...When I listened to the instrumental tracks, all these melodies just started popping out of my head ...”
— Chester Bennington
Tagged: gut instincts, Music, Creativity
“If I know all the words to a song—or even if I know just two of them—I will sing those as loud as possible. And my wife is like, 'Could you please stop that?' Because I sing really loud. It’s not like I’m in the corner going [affects self-consciously quiet singing voice] 'la la la la la.' I’m fucking going crazy, you know? Spit is flying all over the windshield and on the steering wheel and all that good stuff. My guilty-pleasure song? Probably Miley Cyrus, ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ Because it’s so good. But it’s Miley Cyrus. So…you know? Especially that part where she’s singing, ‘I got my Britney song on! Turn it up!’ I’m over here going, ‘Yeah Britney!'”
— Chester Bennington, Read Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington's Final Billboard Interview: On Aging, Family & Rocking Out to Miley Cyrus
Tagged: miley cyrus, Britney Spears, linkin park, Guilty Pleasures
“It’s like living on an island, because it’s hard to get in and out of. That’s what turns people off. But that’s exactly what I like about it. I kind of jokingly say, it’s the only island connected by a land bridge. Police are really great, fire department is really great, hospitals are really good. School district up here is the best for your kid. There’s not a lot of gated communities, which is nice. And you have neighborhoods where there’s middle-class families living across from the guy who’s got the $30 million estate. So there’s a lot of diversity, which I like. I feel like it’s good for my kids.”
— Chester Bennington, Read Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington's Final Billboard Interview: On Aging, Family & Rocking Out to Miley Cyrus
Tagged: Diversity, MIddle-Class
“I think that if you focus on something like that, it becomes a problem. But we don’t really think about that. What helps us stay relevant is that we haven’t really set out on this musical experience to reach a destination. We consider the whole thing a journey. So it’s not like we stopped off at Rock Island and now we’re stranded there. We actually just get onboard the boat and let the winds take us where it will. And each time it’s at a new place, and we land at a new destination. And I think that because we’re fearless about what kind of sounds and songs we create, we’re able to be more malleable to people’s tastes and what people’s interests are.”
— Chester Bennington, Read Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington's Final Billboard Interview: On Aging, Family & Rocking Out to Miley Cyrus
Tagged: Music, Focus, Journey, linkin park
“What’s the worst thing I’ve stolen? Probably little pieces of other people’s lives. Where I’ve either wasted their time or hurt them in some way. That’s the worst thing you can steal, the time of other people. You just can’t get that back.”
— Chester Bennington, A quote by Chester Bennington
Tagged: stolen, inspiration, influence
“The world needs to change and that change comes from within.”
— Chester Bennington
Tagged: It Starts With You, Change
“If we look outside ourselves to find love and peace we will ultimately fail. It has to come from within.”
— Chester Bennington
Tagged: Finding Love
“Hate, pride, vengeance, and fear are the plague of the earth. Love, kindness, compassion, empathy and service to others are the cure.”
— Chester Bennington
Tagged: Compassion, Hope
“It’s not cool to be an alcoholic, meaning it’s not cool to go drink and be a dumbass. It’s cool to be a part of recovery.”
— Chester Bennington, Chester Bennington Opens Up About His Past Addictions
Tagged: Drinking Problems, Alcohol Abuse, Recovery, Addiction
“I don’t have a problem with people knowing that I had a drinking problem. That’s who I am and I’m kind of lucky in a lot of ways cause I get to do something about it.”
— Chester Bennington, Chester Bennington Opens Up About His Past Addictions
Tagged: Drinking Problems, Alcohol Abuse
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