A biography for Benji Maddenhasn’t been written yet.
“All we can do is just think about what we can put into the world - not really kind of what we can get out of it.”
“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.”
“I think, a lot of times, people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine.”
“We didn't leave home until we graduated high school, but when we did, we genuinely left. We went out into the world with 50 bucks, backpacks, and acoustic guitars.”
“I think Good Charlotte has definitely always been for the underdogs and the misfits. We haven't ever really been the critics' darlings.”
“I may have punched walls when no one else was around.”
“I think it's a known fact that Joel and I have always loved Australia since we started coming here 13 or 14 years ago. Everyone knows we love it here. Our only concern is will we wear our welcome out?”
“It's important for artists to value themselves - whatever that means. Everyone's going to take that in a different way. If you don't value yourself, you will be bought and sold.”
“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.”
“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, they're just more musical. They're just better.”
“When we were younger, we fought, but that's what kids do, right?”
“One of the most harmful things in the music industry is 'record-by-committee,' where 10 people from the label gather around, and they make you write a 100 songs and decide which one's a hit. That takes the inspiration out of it.”
“You've got to think, when we started our band, none of us had a computer until we were 21.”
“Straight up, I'm from Waldorf, Maryland, you guys. Let's not forget that.”
“I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having a good time.”
“Australian bands are so self-deprecating - then they go on stage and blow every other band off the stage.”
“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.”
“Our music contradicts our look.”
“Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.”
“Our fans are very much like us; they like the same things we do.”