“ Linkin Park defines me much like my birthplace defines me, much like my taste in books defines me. The band defines an era in my life, they understood teenage angst like no one else. [...] With every one of those songs, with every one of those lyrics, Bennington made misunderstood teenagers worldwide feel understood, validated, and seen in a way their parents, friends, therapists, or authority figures couldn't see them. Not only did the songs themselves make me feel less alone as a teen, but the singer himself did as well. Bennington had dealt with all he had dealt with — drug addiction, alcohol abuse, and past sexual abuse — and had overcome it all to use his music to help others, to help me. His talent can't be replicated and his effect on me as a teenager can't be understated. As silly as it is to say, Linkin Park raised me just as much as my own parents did and spoke to me when I was not in the mood to listen to anyone else. They taught me that my feelings were valid. That I didn't have to be happy all the time, but that I could be. That it was possible, and they would be there for me until I believed that. So in the wake of Bennington's death, the best way I can think of to honor his legacy is to keep fighting. To lift others up, to make them feel less alone. We can all honor his legacy by breaking the habit and finding somewhere we belong. ”
- Kadeen Griffith