A biography for Ivan Moodyhasn’t been written yet.
“When you put everything you have into making music, both on and off the stage, it can be very frustrating when the music you work so hard to create is not allowed to see the light of day.”
“My god, 'Vulgar Display Of Power' is still one of the greatest albums ever.”
“Music for me was always life changing. So if I'm putting out crap music, then I have not done what I came to accomplish.”
“I always make fun of Kanye West.”
“Everything that I sing about, especially songs like 'Far From Home' and 'The Bleeding,' I really put 110 percent of myself into it, so it's difficult.”
“You know, I mean, we're all made to wear these faces, you know, of what we think society would want.”
“We've got the most loyal fans on earth and probably the most craziest fans I've seen since the Pantera days.”
“I just try to keep myself positive and really active.”
“Myself, I usually wait until I get home to write. While we're touring, I try to stay as focused as possible on the moment at hand because I feel like I'll be robbing the fans if I don't.”
“There were patterns in my family that had to be broken, and I refused to live my life the way certain members of my family had.”
“When I decided to get sober, there were a lot of chemical imbalances that came along with that, physically as well as mentally.”
“Yeah, it's kind of tongue-in-cheek. You know, Five Finger Death Punch doing 'Mama Said Knock You Out.' It was just really funny for us.”
“I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.'”
“There's a sense of family in Colorado; there's such a pride factor there.”
“The Way Of The Fist' is not quite a Shakespearian depiction of anger and revenge. This song was more my way of releasing all the pent up aggression I felt against some people who wronged me beyond the point of any kind of forgiveness or mercy.”
“Everybody has to evolve.”
“I'm a blue-collar kid from Colorado. I grew up on a farm.”
“I've never played instruments. I've always been a singer or a writer, for that matter. But I started playing in bands when I was sixteen years old.”
“I don't know where these rap guys get off trying to act so hard.”
“My kids are everything to me and I never got to see 'em - I missed tons of moments and years.”