Quotes from Ivan Moody

It hurts, man. When I watch people I love so much just deteriorate in front of me and I can't do anything about it.

We've toured with so many bands, and we've noticed that there are a few of them... Metallica, Rammstein, Tool - those aren't bands, those are events.

Pantera is one of our biggest influences, as it should be for anyone who listens to rock 'n' roll.

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.

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.

You know, we love what we do, man, and I don't want to be one of those bands that we write an album, tour for two years and then take a year and a half off.

We are absolutely going to do an acoustic tour. We are, sincerely.

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.

If you dwell on yesterday, man, you're never gonna see tomorrow clearly.

I always make fun of Kanye West.

Playing for the troops is always an honor and seriously humbling.

When I decided to get sober, there were a lot of chemical imbalances that came along with that, physically as well as mentally.

My sobriety is a huge deal.

Something I will point out to everybody in the world, and I am not afraid to say it: these rap guys about as hard as soft butter. That's all there is to it.

I meet these rock guys, these metal guys, and we are very real.

We love metal.

There were millions of people who could've given up on me at any given moment, and they didn't, and so that, to me, it's the world and more.

One of my first concerts ever was seeing Jethro Tull at Fiddler's Green, when I was twelve.

Some days I work out, some days I walk around the city. I don't know... It just depends on the mood, really.

I've never really been a social butterfly, so to speak.

I don't think there will ever be a band that compares to Pantera. In my book, they are the icon metal band of all time. Their catalog speaks for itself.

My own bandmembers wouldn't return my calls and I lost multiple tour managers, crew members. I can't tell you how many friends stopped talking to me.

Hard rock I got into around twelve or thirteen. My uncle introduced me to Scorpions, Great White and everything rock. From there, I expanded out, and I listened to Nuclear Assault, Exodus, Megadeth, King Diamond and Misfits, of course.

I've always liked underdogs who started out not so iconic but then really took off.