Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter
Chester Charles Bennington was born on March 20, 1976, in Phoenix. His mother was a nurse, while his father was a police detective who worked with child sex-abuse cases[6] and took double shifts.[7] Bennington took interest in music at a young age, citing bands Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots as his earliest inspirations,[8] and dreamed of becoming a member of Stone Temple Pilots, which he later achieved.[9]
Bennington’s parents divorced when he was 11 years old, and his father gained custody of him.[7] After the divorce, Bennington started abusing marijuana, alcohol, opium, cocaine, methamphetamine,[8][10] and LSD.[7]
At the age of 17, Bennington moved in with his mother, and was banned from leaving the house when his mother discovered his drug activity.[7] He worked at a Burger King before starting his career as a professional musician.[8] He was physically bullied in high school. In an interview, he said, “I was knocked around like a rag doll at school, for being skinny and looking different.”[11]
Eventually, Bennington was able to overcome his drug addiction, and would go on to denounce drug use in future interviews.[12] During one Linkin Park tour, he started drinking heavily.[6] In 2011, he said he had quit, noting, “I just don’t want to be that person anymore.”[13]
In an interview, Bennington revealed that he had suffered sexual abuse from an older male friend when he was seven years old.[13] He was afraid to ask for help because he did not want people to think he was gay or lying, and the abuse continued until the age of 13.[7] The abuse and situation at home affected him so much that he felt the urge to kill people and run away.[7] To comfort himself, he drew pictures and wrote poetry and songs.[7] He later revealed the abuser’s identity to his father, but chose not to continue the case after he realized the abuser was a victim himself.[10]
Linkin Park
24 Linkin Park Quotes
“I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress, handful of anger, held in my chest.”
“Everything you say to me takes me one step closer to the edge, and I’m about to break.”
“When my time comes, forget the wrong that I’ve done. Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed.”
“The hardest part of ending is starting again.”
“The sun doesn’t give light to the moon, assuming the moon’s gonna owe it one.”
“All I want to do, is be more like me, and less like you.”
“I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter. I had to fall to lose it all, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter.”
“Do I trust some, and get fooled by phoniness, or do I trust no one and live in loneliness?”
“Memories consume, like opening the wound, I’m picking me apart again. You all assume, I’m safe here in my room, unless I try to start again.”
“Tried to give you warning, but everyone ignores me. Told you everything loud and clear, but nobody’s listening.”
“Take me down to the river bend, take me down to the fighting end. Wash the poison from off my skin, and show me how to be whole again.”
“Sometimes beginnings aren’t so simple, sometimes goodbye’s the only way.”
“God bless us everyone, we’re broken people living under a loaded gun.”
“I’m strong on the surface, not all the way through. I’ve never been perfect, but neither have you.”
“I’m become so numb, I can’t feel you there. I’ve become so tired, so much more aware. I’m becoming this, all I want to do, is be more like me, and be less like you.”
“I know I’ll never trust a single thing you say. You knew your lies would divide us, but you lied anyway. And all the lies have got you floating up above us all. But what goes up has got to fall…”
“Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past, bringing back these memories I wish I didn’t have.”
“Time won’t heal this damage anymore. Don’t turn your back on me, I won’t be ignored.”
“I’ll face myself to cross out what I’ve become, erase myself, and let go of what I’ve done.”
“Your guilty all the same. Too sick to be ashamed. You want to point the finger, but there’s no one else to blame.”
“Time is a valuable thing. Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings. Watch it count down to the end of the day, the clock ticks life away!”
“Even those who never frown, eventually break down.”
“Things aren’t the way they were before, you wouldn’t even recognize me anymore. Not that you knew me back then, but it all comes back to me in the end.”
“I’m tired of being what you want me to be, feeling so faithless, lost under the surface. Don’t know what you’re expecting of me, put under the pressure of walking in your shoes.”
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