So it's 2 july am 27 2002 and we're driving thru the middle of nowhere on our way to show in chicago,.I haven't showered in a week,I'm running on no sleep,I miss cashdogg and some kid at the show today asked me "why I even call myself punk".These may sound like complaints but actually I'm realy happy.I am listening to this record.Yea I'll admit it I listen to our records and I am thinking how crazy all this is.3 years ago I was stocking shelves at target living on ramen noodles and crashing at Billy's house.Now I'm on tour.4 kids from nowhwre.We made another record and I feel just as excited as I did the first time.I say this all the time but I mean it,if this all stopped yesterday I would still feel like the luckiest guy alive.I remember going into my room after school writing letters to record labels saying "you can sigh us now for cheaper"and sending out demos.I laught about it now but back then I was so serious.You know we dreamed about this all day every day and I gotta say it feels just like we thought it would.
Our goals may have changed.I'll admit,it's not about being famous or making millions of dollars anymore.Yeah,I used to day dream about that,being broke gets old quick but now I have sorta seen how it all works and I don't want to be the biggest band in the world I want to make music with Paul and Billy and Joel.That's all.I want to tour.I want to be good to my friends.I want to take care of my family.I want to meet kids at shows.That's real to me.
I see some bands and I get frustrated for them.It's easy to get lost in the whirlwind of all of this but I realize we all have done some cheesy stuff.But it's good to look back and laught at how young we were.I see a lot of bands worrying about credibility and all of that and I guess I have realized it only comes with time if we are still here in ten years maybe we will be credible.Til then we just gotta do what we want to do,make music.Tour.Provide for our families.You know I use to fist fight every guy I came across that told me I wasn't punk.Lars asked me one night "are you goona fight the world?" he was right,I was pretty stupid.It made me realize we are what we are and no one can change that.I guess we have done a lot of growing up since the last record.We started this when we were 16.It's the only thing I ever had.It's probably the only thing I ever will have.I just feel lucky.We are four kids in a rock band from waldorf.We are no better then any other band out there and we know it.So thanx for getting our record and being a part of this.Thanx for giving us a chance to do what we love.Thanx for making this real.
See ya at the show
Benj
Good Charlotte
The young and the hopeless
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