Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington
Chester Charles Benningtonis an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist of rock bands Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, and live rock cover band Bucket of Weenies. He was originally the lead vocalist for Sean Dowdell And His Friends? and Grey Daze. From 2013 to 2015, Bennington was also the lead vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 March 1976
CityPhoenix, AZ
CountryUnited States of America
Chester Bennington quotes about
Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same 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.
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.
I'm strong on the outside, not all the way through. I've never been perfect, but neither have you.
I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.
I was a geek who thought I was cool. I didn't hang out with a particular clique, but with different people from different cliques. I was a total nerd, trying to fit in. Luckily, I found music and that was my niche. That sorta took me out of my geekdom. I was never invited to parties as a teenager - I turned up with the popular people. That's where the lyrics to 'Guilty By Association' came from.
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.
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.
You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live
Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.
We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.
The rule in music land is never doody in the bus and never doody in the RV.