Quotes from Fred Durst

I'm a romantic guy.

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

I'm definitely on the incline to a peak.

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.

It's amazing how, over time, a person's perspective can be altered.

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 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.

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

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.

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'm OCD beyond comparison.

I was a kid who got picked on in school, and now the guys beating up those kids were wearing red caps and using my music to fuel that aggression. But if they listen to the lyrics, the aggression is targeted at them.

Anybody who wears their feelings on their sleeve and has a harder, crusty shell - like I do - is definitely protecting an inner sensitivity.

I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life. Anybody who wears their feelings on their sleeve and has a harder, crusty shell - like I do - is definitely protecting an inner sensitivity.

My Web site, everything I write in there is from me.

I was a kid who got picked on in school and got beat up by popular, athletic soccer-type people.

Sometimes you feel like it's cursed when something takes so long to come out and you don't know if it's going to really come out.

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

Prague is a dark place.

One of the things that was confusing about Limp Bizkit to some people is that our tastes were very different.

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

I think the key is to realize that life is temporary and spending life questioning life is a waste of time.

I think ever since I was preteen I wanted to direct movies and tell stories.

When Wes came back to Limp Bizkit, we really wanted to do something different. We wanted to make a core record that we didn't care who liked or who disliked.