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
When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind.
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 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.
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
I have to really give it up to these guys for what they've done,
Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the creative ball rolling as often as possible.
We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'
We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.
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.
We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America.