Chester Bennington

“As an artist, I want a reaction.”

“I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.”

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

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

“I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.”

“This is a business of love and labor.”

“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.”

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

“You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.”

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

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

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

“I don't go out and pick fights.”

“Touring for two years is excruciating.”