Chester Bennington

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. ”

I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself. ”

We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band. ”

Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special. ”

It's not cool to be an alcoholic. ”

To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird. ”

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it. ”

This is a business of love and labor. ”

I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music. ”

Asking someone to describe what something sounds like is like telling a blind person to guess what I look like. ”