Benji Madden

I think Good Charlotte has definitely always been for the underdogs and the misfits. We haven't ever really been the critics' darlings. ”

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. ”

We've made a lot of party music; we're definitely not Thom Yorke. But there's also depth to our records; we get emotional. ”

Maryland is such a special place, man... You miss that warm, friendly love. It ain't like that everywhere else in the world. ”

We became a really good gateway band for all the kids that went on to love My Chem or Fall Out Boy. ”

I kind of live by this old thing that time will tell whether people are going to write about this or that; all we can do is be who we are and make records we love, and everything else will sort itself out. ”

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? ”

I love the gym; I do a lot of curls. ”

I think the soul of Good Charlotte is just feeling good. ”

To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to experience. ”