25 Quotes by Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington, born in 1976, was an immensely talented and influential American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. His powerful and emotionally charged voice became a defining element of the band's sound, blending elements of alternative rock, nu-metal, and rap. Linkin Park's debut album, "Hybrid Theory," achieved massive commercial success and resonated with millions of listeners, tackling themes of emotional pain, addiction, and inner turmoil. Beyond his work with Linkin Park, Bennington also contributed to the bands Dead by Sunrise and Stone Temple Pilots.
His lyrics often delved into personal struggles, drawing from his own experiences with mental health issues and trauma. Despite his inner demons, Bennington's compassion and dedication to his fans were evident, and he used his platform to raise awareness about mental health challenges. His untimely death in 2017 was a profound loss to the music world, but Chester Bennington's legacy lives on through his impactful music and his advocacy for mental health awareness.
Chester Bennington Quotes
You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live
I'm strong on the outside, not all the way through. I've never been perfect, but neither have you.
When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind.
What’s the worst thing I've stolen? Probably little pieces of other people’s lives. Where I’ve either wasted their time or hurt them in some way. That’s the worst thing you can steal, the time of other people. You just can’t get that back.
Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb scream in silence everyone's sleeping
I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.
Some kids are so depressed at home and with how people treat them in school that they cut themselves. This happens all over the world - kids who don't want to kill themselves, but nobody understands how much they hurt, so they cut themselves with razor blades.
You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.
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.
We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.
Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.
You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.
Success is nice, but it shouldn't be the only reason why you're a musician.
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.
There was another time when Mike was really foul mood and we had to make a pit stop so he could use a porta potty. Mike went to use the porta potty and we were waiting inside the RV. It was joe’s idea, but we all got out and started to rock the thing back and forth. We didn’t mean to, but we ended up tipping the porta potty over while Mike was in it! Then we attacked him with air freshener
There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.
Our Fans are the best fans in the world , don't mess with them
Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time.
My favorite jellybean is the pink one with the flavor inside.
For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something.
It's the band that really counts and not our egos. Egos probably destroyed more bands than anything else did, and that's something we want to avoid at all costs. We want to give the audience something real, something spectacular, and if it would be about egos, it would hardly be worth their time.
If fans come up to me, I talk to them.
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird.
The rule in music land is never doody in the bus and never doody in the RV.
Touring for two years is excruciating.
― Chester Bennington Quotes
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