Quotes By Fred Durst

Prague is a dark place.

Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him. But as long as they can knock you back down, it seems like if you're an underdog again, and things do surface, and they think this is real, 'these guys' intentions are genuine and sincere,' it seems like they will embrace you again.

I love jazz music and sad music. I'm a sentimental guy. I'm a romantic guy.

I've always wanted to make movies.

I have always been Fred Durst and I've always been me.

There's definitely an obstacle in developing a brand for yourself that people can rely on when you're so eclectic.

I'm always looking for new talent.

I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it.

I won't deny a song or a melody. I can't deny it.

I usually find several ways to express myself: different moods, different days, different voices, different things, 'I'm lighthearted today, I'm gonna do this.'

It's not about how much movement you do, how much interaction there is, it just reeks of credibility if it's real. If it's contrived, it seems to work for a while for the people who can't filter out the real and unreal.

I'm a real director.

When you say something is very different to a core base that expects heavy music from you or very aggressive music, everybody tends to go, 'Oh, they're gonna get mellow, they're gonna get soft.'

I don't think my name would necessarily draw people to come see the movie. It might hurt the movie, honestly.

People evolve and grow, and life is fascinating and fun and tragic.

I'm OCD beyond comparison.

When you reminisce aren't the times that someone's forcing you to reminisce. You reminisce other times in your life.

When life was worrying about a car payment or a rent payment and a bill, you're so consumed with that, you really don't have time to know yourself. That's surviving and getting by.

I want to clear my mind a little bit and give my mind a little bit of time to breathe so I can pinpoint or at least nail down feelings I'm having and that I've had for the last however long. I need to nail them down long enough to actually write about and elaborate on them.

I wouldn't support Limp Bizkit being on some snuff backyard brawling, fighting contest.

I'm a sensitive guy; I respond to things that make my eyes well up a little bit, or make me root for people. I find the human condition interesting.

My life. The life I'm living that's where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences.

I think they'd rather us follow our hearts and I hope that's what some people will understand.

You know, in my music career there was a moment where the irony was just so heavy. There were people in my audience that were the reason I developed neuroses. These people that tortured my life were using my art, my poetry, as fuel for them, to torture other people.

I'm obsessed by film. I'm obsessed with music and producing and making things happen.

I don't fight people for fun.

Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get to deal with yourself and really become one with yourself. And you wake to your mind every day. That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

I'm the same guy at that podium preaching to the people on every single song. I'm not doing a dance for you on another song. It's all a direct assault.

Emotionally, I was affected a lot by Rage Against the Machine, not specifically the literal intention of the words or what it was about, but the feel, the sound, those phrases that got me.