Quotes

[2003] There's no room for rock stars in this band [Good Charlotte]. What's cool about shitting on people?

[2003] There were a few kids that would point out the fact that our family didn't have anywhere to live [after the Madden family was evicted from their home], repeatedly. And that was just a bummer; like, how can you get a date with a girl when you don't even have a house? [Eventually, the Maddens found a small farmhouse.] This farmer guy basically let us live there for nothing.

[2003] Growing up definitely sucked. But if it wasn't for all that stuff, we wouldn't have started our band. And you know, I can't even count how many letters I got from kids whose dad left them. That's pretty much the most fulfilling thing you can get.

[2003] I tried to call him [my father] and say, 'Hey, now that I'm nineteen, we can be friends, even though we had all these problems in the past.' I was willing to put it all aside. And basically he was like, 'I'm trying to start a new life. 'I'm trying to forget about you guys.' The last time I ever talked to him was on the phone that day.

[2003] It was a very exciting time. My first time in New York I was so intimidated by the size of the city, I wanted to go home. I wish I had videos of me and Joel and Billy and Paul. I mean, looking back, we were so little; we had never been anywhere. So getting signed, the way everything came together, was exactly how I dreamed.