Joel Madden Quotes

I didn't write my book, 'I Don't Care About Your Band,' in order to give women a brand-new set of dating rules they need to feel terrible about not abiding. I wrote my book to make the women who read it feel good about themselves, and a little more entitled to be treated well by the guys they go out with.

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

I'm on very good terms with all my former wives.

Am I still interested in a guy's body? Now that I have grown up, I am much more of a 'vibe' kind of person! If a man has a good body, that is an added plus.

I could never fall in love just for money. I like my co-stars, and they are a bunch of good-looking men. But I've dated an actor. My dream man has to be a lot more than just good looking and rich!

Young women should realize that young men they date will not honor and respect them if they have been involved in moral transgression.

I think I'd make a pretty good girlfriend.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

I had a serious boyfriend in high school, but we would take breaks in between. You shouldn't always have a boyfriend!

Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place - your affection, your emotional connection.

I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.

My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love.

Women should stop going for the bad guys, stop looking so far when the good ones are right there.

Young men do not want to have to take a consent form and a lawyer on a date, just as young women have every right to go on a date and to say 'No', having it respected.

I'm not totally innocent, and I do date. But as a young woman, I also demand respect.

When going out on a date, I think there are certain old-fashioned manners that I still enjoy. I don't mean that as an anti-feminist comment. I just mean it as a pro-women comment. There must be a place for us to exist and our differences to exist without one taking away from the other.

My motto is 'show respect to those who show respect to you.'

Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!

Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage.

The reason for living is to have great relationships, to have people you love and respect and who love and respect you.

Mutual respect is so important because as soon as it disappears in relations between you and the next person, there's trouble.

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

It is mutual respect which makes friendship lasting.

It's important to be honest with and respectful of each other and deal with issues as they arrive, as opposed to letting them simmer.

You've got to be good to each other ... it really comes back to respect. I was raised in a very Catholic, Italian family and it was all about respect. Don't talk badly about [your partner] the second they walk out the door; really preserve your relationship and be good to each other. Treat it like gold.