“There are things about you that have reminded me – and I hope this isn’t creepy – There are things about you that reminded me of him [Chester] since the beginning. Just certain things that you do, and certain ways that you carry yourself, and stuff,” Shinoda told Armstrong during a recent conversation on the “From Zero” podcast.
“It’s not stuff that people would really, I don’t think, see on stage, or hear on the record. But, the way you’re magnetically attracted to get on the microphone and to hold people’s attention. Almost, like, hype everybody up from the moment you show up. Chester had that kind of energy, you have that kind of energy. It’s not everybody that can do that. To just, like, walk into a room and everybody’s energy level just kinda goes like this…”