I didn't fly on a plane until I was 19.

I feel like, if you're writing the same songs you were writing when you were 17 in your 30s, something's wrong. As a grown man, you're more confident, and you have less to prove.

Anyone who's followed our band through the years has heard about the teenage angst.

Straight up, I'm from Waldorf, Maryland, you guys. Let's not forget that.

I got a little tattoo on my face. I'll never be able to work another real job, so I consider that to be kinda forcing myself to stick to music.

I think the soul of Good Charlotte is just feeling good.

I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having a good time.

'Nevermind' by Nirvana. That was a big one for me.

Nothing worries me in life anymore. When you find that best friend, that love, all your worries kind of go away.

That's just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular.

I think, a lot of times, people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine.

I think Good Charlotte has definitely always been for the underdogs and the misfits. We haven't ever really been the critics' darlings.

Novelty always sparks ideas.

The least punk thing I ever did was open a money market account. Blue chip stocks. Mutual funds. They're a very safe and dependable way to grow your money long-term.

We grew up in the middle of nowhere. We didn't have a rich uncle in the music industry or some contact through someone that our dad worked with. And we went into the world blindly, and just through believing, dreaming, and working hard, Good Charlotte came to fruition.

There are so many bands I am starting to see: Waterparks, Potty Mouth - they're all garage bands that started in the garage. Kids are loving them.

Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting together to play drums and bass, who's gonna change the way we say things, the way that we dress, the way we view things, the music we hear, everything.

I really love 'Cold Song.' If anyone really listens to that song and thinks about their life, there's a lot of good material deep down in there. I think if you listen to the lyrics, it may take you on some sort of a journey.

I think we live in a time where we can all distract ourselves from facing the pain or the reality of all of our lives - tons of ways to hide, to kill pain, to deal with pain.

Hopefully, the people that would look at a Good Charlotte record and dismiss it for maybe what they think is a certain kind of content, if they do discover something meaningful, then it's a nice surprise. I like those kinds of contradictions.

I feel like we've had a front row seat for the last 20 years to watching culture and youth.

Our fans are very much like us; they like the same things we do.

As hopeful as I am, there are some times in my life when I get to low points. Luckily, I still have music to get me through things.

It really is draining: when you sing a song, it means so much to you, and every time you sing it, you feel it ,and these emotions come back.

To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to experience.

You don't know how a song is gonna do; you don't know where it's gonna live. You know if it feels real, if it feels authentic.

One thing I never worry about is money, because I have my health and my family, and I can always go back to work.

We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then.

The songwriting process is different on every record because you're never coming from the same place when you're writing.

When I have kids, they're definitely gonna work.

We've made a lot of party music; we're definitely not Thom Yorke. But there's also depth to our records; we get emotional.

A lot of our fans have grown up, but they've stuck by us for the songs that dig a little deeper.

Good Charlotte fit in a lot of different genres - it's one of the coolest things our band has been able to do.

Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.

Our music contradicts our look.

We can guarantee you that 15 to 30 seconds of any of our songs are going to be good. The rest, we can't guarantee.

As a kid, you're like, 'Do they have Preakness everywhere or just in Maryland?' You hear people talking about it, and it was like, 'Oh, everyone goes there to hang out and party.' I didn't even know it was a race until I got older.

Maryland is such a special place, man... You miss that warm, friendly love. It ain't like that everywhere else in the world.

I really was thinking a lot about the energy on the first couple records that we ever put out and how young and excited we were. I just really wanted to make it more fun than anything.

There's this wave of new pop-punk bands that has come out that's bigger than ever. I'm really glad that we got to be a part of helping push that forward, if we did at all. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

What we're most known for is the catchy choruses and the big hooks.

You've got to think, when we started our band, none of us had a computer until we were 21.

I wouldn't be surprised if this album cycle for 'Cardiology' is the funnest couple years we ever see. We've made all of our mistakes; we've kind of learned. Now we know what to avoid, we know what to embrace, we know how to take a deep breath and enjoy the moment.

'Life Changes' is a song that we feel really connects to the spirit of our band and our fans. It's got that positive vibe we always want to put out there, and the message - no matter how many times you get knocked down, always get back up - will forever be part of the GC story.

One of the most harmful things in the music industry is 'record-by-committee,' where 10 people from the label gather around, and they make you write a 100 songs and decide which one's a hit. That takes the inspiration out of it.

The youth is always going to decide the future.

Prince led by example. As prolific as he was as an artist, he was just as courageous in the business.

It's important for artists to value themselves - whatever that means. Everyone's going to take that in a different way. If you don't value yourself, you will be bought and sold.

The one thing that nobody else in the world can touch is the coffee in Australia.

Coffee in Italy and some places in Europe is great, but there's just something about Australian coffee.