Chester Bennington

Singer

1976-03-20 – 2017-07-20

Chester Bennington was an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of Linkin Park. His voice and songwriting were central to the band’s global success in rock and alternative music.

Quotes by Chester Bennington

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.
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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.
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We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'
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To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.
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