Chester bennington

This is a business of love and labor.

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

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

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.

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

Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the...

The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do.

It's not cool to be an alcoholic.

As an artist, I want a reaction.

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.