Quotes By Fred Durst

I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got abused. I discovered the microphone to get out some of that angst.

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

There's some people who are not understanding what Limp Bizkit is about. But, then again, who am I to tell people what they can use art for or how they can interpret it?

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'm a real director.

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.'

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

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

I've always wanted to make movies.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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.'

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 don't fight people for fun.

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.

I'm a romantic guy.