Benji Madden
Benji Madden
Benjamin Levi "Benji" Maddenis an American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. He is the guitarist for the band Good Charlotte, as well as pop rock collaboration The Madden Brothers. He formed both of these acts with his identical twin brother, Joel Madden. Benji is currently a coach on The Voice Australia. He is married to actress Cameron Diaz...
writing simple ideas
I didn't even write the lyrics down. I got in the booth, I put down a little guitar riff and the idea I had was it was going to be really simple, I just want it to be all about the lyrics and I just literally sang the lyrics.
song writing thinking
All the best songs are, I think, the easiest write because they just come out.
challenges criticism records
I need a little criticism while I make a record so that I kind of feel like: okay, I know that I'm doing the best that I can do because someone is actually here challenging it.
allergies
I hope my allergies don't act up
mom worry stills
Don't worry mom . I am still a virgin.
song ideas trying
The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that they can be.
want enjoy about-yourself
Start enjoying the things you like about yourself, and if there are things you want to change, either get to work on it or get over it.
people bullets
There are some people i'd take a bullet for, and some people i'd like to put a bullet in.
song drug hard
Hard to find a better drug than a song you love.
believe giving labels
When you have a relationship with a label, it can really affect the work you're doing and if you feel like they don't believe in you sometimes you go: "maybe I'm not any good at this". Then you get on a label that is excited to have you and you go: "oh, maybe we are ok at this". It gives you a little more confidence and you work a little better.
inspiration kids cds
We want to give kids something to hope for. If one kid says, "Your cd helped get me through this year," that's all it takes.
years house target
3 years ago I was stocking shelves at Target, living on Ramen noodles, and crashing at Billy's house. Now I'm on tour
smart not-good-enough like-you
Don't let anyone make you feel like you're not good enough, smart enough or cool enough. Do your own thing.
backing bad bow news parking ran
Hey, guys. I have some bad news for you... we were backing out of the parking lot and I think we ran over Lil Bow Wow.