American singer (1976-2017)
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem
To find myself again
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"Crawling"
What helps us stay relevant is that we haven't really set out on this musical experience to reach a destination. We consider the whole thing a journey. So it's not like we stopped off at Rock Island and now we're stranded there. We actually just get onboard the boat and let the winds take us where it will.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
interview, Billboard, March 11, 2017
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In a sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"One More Light"
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"One Step Closer"
I want your lives to have purpose & passion. I wish to meet all of you so I can tell you how much I love all of you.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
Twitter, August 27, 2014
I know that for me, when I'm inside myself, when I'm in my own head, it gets.... This place right here, this skull between my ears, that is a bad neighborhood, and I should not be in there alone. I can't be in there by myself. It's insane! It's crazy in here. This is a bad place for me to be by myself. And so when I'm in that, my whole life gets thrown off. If I'm in there, I don't say nice things to myself. There's another Chester in there that wants to take me down.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
radio interview, 102.7 KIIS-FM, February 16, 2017
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"Crawling"
I think for a lot of people, they think if you're successful, all of a sudden you get some card in the mail that says you're gonna be totally satisfied and happy for the rest of your life. It doesn't happen like that. Life, for me, happens the way it always has ... The only difference is I'm in Linkin Park.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
radio interview, 102.7 KIIS-FM, February 16, 2017
You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"A Legacy to Remember", Medium, July 21, 2017
Every step that I take is another mistake to you.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"Numb"
I can't fall back, I came too far
Hold myself up, and love my scars.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"Lost in the Echo"
Everyone's sleeping through life
Afraid that their questions
Just might have answers
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"Walking in Circles"
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
I don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"Numb"
After I blew kisses to the guys flipping me off, they smiled and gave me heart hands back.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
Twitter, June 18, 2017
Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
attributed, Rock Love Quote
Why does it feel like night today?
Something in the air's not right today
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoia's all I got left
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"Papercut"
Your voice was joy and pain, anger and forgiveness, love and heartache all wrapped up into one. I suppose that's what we all are. You helped me understand that.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
regarding the death of his friend Chris Cornell, Twitter, May 18, 2017
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"In the End"
We're living inside of our minds
Afraid someone just might
Hear what we're thinking
Quiet
Careful of what you might say
Cause they'll put you away
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"Walking in Circles"
When you suffered it all
And your spirit is breaking
You're growing desperate from the fight
Remember your love
And you always will be
This melody will always bring
You right back home
CHESTER BENNINGTON
"The Messenger"