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Read Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington's Final Billboard Interview

: On Aging, Family & Rocking Out to Miley Cyrus

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“Before I could drive. I used to be a swimmer. I swam competitively as a kid. I had to go to Tucson for a swim meet, and my parents couldn’t go, so I had to jump on with another kid’s parents. And basically, about 30 minutes into the drive from Tucson to Phoenix—which at that time, there was only an…”

— Brett Berk, billboard.com

Tagged: Tucson, Swimming, Low self-esteem

“If I know all the words to a song—or even if I know just two of them—I will sing those as loud as possible. And my wife is like, 'Could you please stop that?' Because I sing really loud. It’s not like I’m in the corner going [affects self-consciously quiet singing voice] 'la la la la la.' I’m fuckin…”

— Chester Bennington, billboard.com

Tagged: miley cyrus, Britney Spears, linkin park, Guilty Pleasures

“The band was recently at an iHeartRadio programmer listening party thing—they play all the new songs from all the different artists, and all the programmers from all across all the different platforms are there in one place. And so we’re in the room, and it’s a small amphitheater. A few hundred peop…”

— Brett Berk, billboard.com

Tagged: Music, Nerves, benihana, mike shinoda

“It’s like living on an island, because it’s hard to get in and out of. That’s what turns people off. But that’s exactly what I like about it. I kind of jokingly say, it’s the only island connected by a land bridge. Police are really great, fire department is really great, hospitals are really good.…”

— Chester Bennington, billboard.com

Tagged: Diversity, MIddle-Class

“I think that if you focus on something like that, it becomes a problem. But we don’t really think about that. 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 Roc…”

— Chester Bennington, billboard.com

Tagged: Music, Focus, Journey, linkin park