Bennington: "We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities."

Bennington: "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."

Bennington: "The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do."

Bennington: "I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music."

Bennington: "You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it."

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."

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."

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."

Bennington: "If fans come up to me, I talk to them."

Bennington: "All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions."

Bennington: "This is a business of love and labor."

Bennington: "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."

Bennington: "I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself."