Fred Durst

“I'm my own salesman. I can't let anybody do anything for me.”

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

“Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke.”

“I love collaborating.”

“I'm a romantic guy.”

“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 you're a kid, you see your parents reading the newspaper and you're like, 'God, why are they reading the newspaper?' When you're young, you're not reading the newspaper. But there comes a time in your life when the newspaper's cool.”

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

“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.”

“When I go to shows, I'm really looking forward to hearing the songs I know. I don't like it when a band tries to expose me to new stuff.”

“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'm always looking for new talent.”

“I'm definitely on the incline to a peak.”