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Benji Madden

American Musician

Born: Mar 11, 1979

Band Good Music People Think You

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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. Benji Madden

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. Benji Madden

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I feel like, if you're writing the same songs you were writing when you were 17 in your 30s, something's wrong. As a grown man, you're more confident, and you have less to prove. Benji Madden

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I wouldn't be surprised if this album cycle for 'Cardiology' is the funnest couple years we ever see. We've made all of our mistakes; we've kind of learned. Now we know what to avoid, we know what to embrace, we know how to take a deep breath and enjoy the moment. Benji Madden

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It's hard to talk about childhood trauma. It's hard to talk about depression. It's hard to talk about anxiety. And we thought - I wonder if we just open up our subconscious and the things that we think about and hide from people every day and just let them come out in some of these lyrics. Benji Madden

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I think about people whose lives maybe hadn't turned out as well as me and Joel's lives, and I just think it's just pure luck and the grace of God. I also think we were lucky to have each other as brothers. Benji Madden

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. Benji Madden

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I didn't fly on a plane until I was 19. Benji Madden

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'Nevermind' by Nirvana. That was a big one for me. Benji Madden

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The least punk thing I ever did was open a money market account. Blue chip stocks. Mutual funds. They're a very safe and dependable way to grow your money long-term. Benji Madden

We grew up in the middle of nowhere. We didn't have a rich uncle in the music industry or some contact through someone that our dad worked with. And we went into the world blindly, and just through believing, dreaming, and working hard, Good Charlotte came to fruition. Benji Madden

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I think we live in a time where we can all distract ourselves from facing the pain or the reality of all of our lives - tons of ways to hide, to kill pain, to deal with pain. Benji Madden

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Hopefully, the people that would look at a Good Charlotte record and dismiss it for maybe what they think is a certain kind of content, if they do discover something meaningful, then it's a nice surprise. I like those kinds of contradictions. Benji Madden

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Our fans are very much like us; they like the same things we do. Benji Madden

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You don't know how a song is gonna do; you don't know where it's gonna live. You know if it feels real, if it feels authentic. Benji Madden

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We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then. Benji Madden

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There's this wave of new pop-punk bands that has come out that's bigger than ever. I'm really glad that we got to be a part of helping push that forward, if we did at all. I wouldn't have had it any other way. Benji Madden

What we're most known for is the catchy choruses and the big hooks. Benji Madden

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