Benji Madden Quotes

When I heard Nirvana, it changed my life.

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.

When 'Nevermind' came out, my roommate had the CD. At first, I actually thought, 'This is too polished and commercial.' It was a little off-putting. But then I was like, 'This is the best music ever.' It felt so close to what I wanted to do.

I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.

From the time that 'Nevermind' came out in September of 1991 to the time that Nirvana was over, it was really just a few years, and a lot happened in those few years.

That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately.

I was born in '76, but I didn't get into rock until the early '90s when the grunge stuff started coming out.

Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.

I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!

The first album that I bought was the Nirvana 'MTV Unplugged in New York' album.

I grew up in the '90s, and I loved Nirvana.

And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain.

I'm a huge Nirvana fan.

Pearl Jam were a part of my growing up.

With the lights out, It's less dangerous. Here we are now, Entertain us. I feel stupid, And contagious. Here we are now. Entertain us.

I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.

I love '90s grunge and punk.

Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America.

I can't remember the last time I looked at a Nirvana web site.

I saw Frances Bean at a Blink 182 show. And she was with a guy who looked just like Kurt Cobain.

I really love the '90s. I love the music from then for sure, and to go back to New York then would be a really wonderful thing.

I never really followed grunge.

I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' 'Here we are now/Entertain us' - the irony, the antagonism; that's always stuck with me.

I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of its rawness and honesty.

Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s.