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
You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.
If fans come up to me, I talk to them.
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.
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird.
The rule in music land is never doody in the bus and never doody in the RV.
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.
Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time.
Asking someone to describe what something sounds like is like telling a blind person to guess what I look like.
Some kids are so depressed at home and with how people treat them in school that they cut themselves. This happens all over the world - kids who don't want to kill themselves, but nobody understands how much they hurt, so they cut themselves with razor blades.
Success is nice, but it shouldn't be the only reason why you're a musician.
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.