If fans come up to me, I talk to them. — Chester Bennington

The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do. — Chester Bennington

Our fans are the best fans in the world, don’t mess with them. — Chester Bennington

There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn’t fanatical. — Chester Bennington

We’d like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities. — Chester Bennington

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

We’re shooting for the title of hardest–working band in America. — Chester Bennington

You think I’m stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I’m stupid. — Chester Bennington

I really wish Mike and Joe would stop drawing on me while I’m sleeping. — 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. — Chester Bennington

For me, you say the words ‘concept record,’ and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something. — Chester Bennington

To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird. — Chester Bennington

We’re not a political band, we’re a socially minded band. — Chester Bennington

We don’t sit down and go, ‘People are uneasy about the economy. Let’s write about that.’ — Chester Bennington

When you’re a young artist, it’s really important to like pay attention to what you’re doing and be honest with yourself and in the creative process. — Chester Bennington

In a sky of a million stars. It flickers, flickers. Who cares when someone’s time runs out? If a moment is all we are. We’re quicker, quicker. Who cares if one more light goes out? Well, I do. — Chester Bennington

Making my way back from the madness, shifting my thoughts from the blackness and the sadness, but the fact is I’m swinging through life like a clenched fist. — 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. — Chester Bennington

My favorite jellybean is the pink one with the flavor inside. — Chester Bennington

So, picking up the pieces, now where to begin? The hardest part of ending is starting again. — Chester Bennington

I don’t like to hold back, because that’s how you hurt yourself. — Chester Bennington

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

Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time. — Chester Bennington

Success is nice, but it shouldn’t be the only reason why you’re a musician. — Chester Bennington

Touring for two years is excruciating. — Chester Bennington

Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage. — Chester Bennington

I hear my battle symphony, all the world in front of me. If my armor breaks, I’ll fuse it back together. — Chester Bennington

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. — Chester Bennington

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. — Chester Bennington

When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind. — Chester Bennington

And the sun will set for you. — Chester Bennington

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. — Chester Bennington