Benji Madden

Every time we go to New Zealand, it gets harder to leave. Everyone's always treated us like we're at home. ”

We have known each other for a long time, and I've always known the real Paris. I always knew she was like wife material or serious girlfriend material. ”

The only time I only really made out with a girl in high school, my mom caught me. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I've started to see records as just a snapshot, a portrait of where you were at at that time. And if you're comfortable with that, sometimes it's like an old high school year book picture - it makes you blush a little bit, but you gotta learn to really appreciate each stage of your life and where you're at. ”

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. ”

It really is draining: when you sing a song, it means so much to you, and every time you sing it, you feel it ,and these emotions come back. ”

I think, a lot of times, people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine. ”

The songwriting process is different on every record because you're never coming from the same place when you're writing. ”