Benji Madden

Anyone who's followed our band through the years has heard about the teenage angst. ”

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

Coffee in Italy and some places in Europe is great, but there's just something about Australian coffee. ”

Good Charlotte, for us, comes from a place of youth for us, back when we were struggling and fighting for every inch, just trying to get by. ”

Good Charlotte's the first band we've ever been in, and back then, critics didn't matter. There were no rules. There was no one we had to impress. ”

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. ”

You're just these kids from a small town. You get a record deal, and everything just goes so fast. In the span of five albums... in a way, the band that you started in your bedroom, or your basement or your garage, kind of becomes not your band anymore. It becomes something bigger than you could have known. No one really prepares you. ”

I always jump at the chance to mentor kids when it comes to music. ”

When we were younger, we fought, but that's what kids do, right? ”

As a kid, you're like, 'Do they have Preakness everywhere or just in Maryland?' You hear people talking about it, and it was like, 'Oh, everyone goes there to hang out and party.' I didn't even know it was a race until I got older. ”