47 Memorable Quotes By Chester Bennington, The Author Of The Doors
Chester Charles Bennington, who wanted to be a rock star from a very young age, achieved his goal when he became the lead vocalist for Linkin Park. But before that, he had to go through an array of abuses, ranging from being bullied at school to suffering sexual molestation and drug and alcohol abuses. Luckily, he had music to fall back on and help him to shake off the resultant negativity. Let us now look into some of his quotes, which not only refer to such abuses and his recovery, but also tell us about his music, which he considered greater than the musician itself as well as about his strength and weaknesses and his ideas on interesting topics like tattoos.
You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live
I really wish Mike and Joe would stop drawing on me while I'm sleeping.
The rule in music land is never doody in the bus and never doody in the RV.
Our Fans are the best fans in the world , don't mess with them
I'm strong on the outside, not all the way through. I've never been perfect, but neither have you.
I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore.
When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind.
As an artist, I want a reaction.
I don't go out and pick fights.
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.
Success is nice, but it shouldn't be the only reason why you're a musician.
We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.
Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time.
You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.
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.
I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.
Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb scream in silence everyone's sleeping
You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.
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.
We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.
We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America.
For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something.
There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.
If fans come up to me, I talk to them.
Touring for two years is excruciating.
We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
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.
