Chester Bennington quotes

You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live. (Chester Bennington)
You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel. View quote
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Asking someone to describe what something sounds like is like telling a blind person to guess what I look like. View quote
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It's not cool to be an alcoholic. View quote
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I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore. View quote
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I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up. View quote
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I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself. View quote
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When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there. View quote
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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. View quote
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My favorite jellybean is the pink one with the flavor inside. View quote
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To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird. (Chester Bennington)
I don't go out and pick fights. View quote
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If fans come up to me, I talk to them. View quote
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Touring for two years is excruciating. View quote
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All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions. View quote
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You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it. View quote
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There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical. View quote
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It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another. View quote
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We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities. View quote
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For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something. View quote
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