Welcome to a collection of insightful and often provocative quotes from Fred Durst, the frontman of the iconic nu metal band, Limp Bizkit. Known for his charismatic stage presence and outspoken personality, Durst has left an indelible mark on the music industry and popular culture. Throughout his career, he has shared thoughts and musings on topics ranging from music and fame to personal growth and societal issues, offering a glimpse into his unique perspective on life.
With a career spanning decades, Fred Durst has experienced the highs and lows of fame, and his quotes reflect this journey. Whether he’s reflecting on the challenges of success or sharing his views on artistry and authenticity, his words resonate with fans around the world. From the rebellious spirit of songs like Break Stuff to the introspective lyrics of tracks like My Way, Durst’s insights offer a raw and unfiltered look at the complexities of the human experience. Now, without further ado, delve into the wisdom and wit of Fred Durst through the quotes below.
It’s amazing how, over time, a person’s perspective can be altered. Fred Durst
Being in front of all these people staring at you and it helps you to dig down and become more emotional and get lost in it as you’re feeding on people’s energy. Fred Durst
I’ve been around golf my whole life. My father did it all the time, and I resented him for it. But a couple years ago I picked up a golf club and I understood the physics of it. If anyone knows anything about golf, it’s that once you hit a few shots, you’ll become addicted. Fred Durst
When I look back on my knee-jerk reactions now, I realize I should have just taken a breath. Fred Durst
I’m obsessed by film. I’m obsessed with music and producing and making things happen. Fred Durst
I love electronic music, and I love drum and bass. Fred Durst
I think ever since I was preteen I wanted to direct movies and tell stories. Fred Durst
For someone in my position, there’s opportunities to be anything you want to be, even if you shouldn’t be eligible, and I think that’s left a bad taste in a lots of financers’ and studios’ mouths. Just cause someone’s popular at one thing, letting them do the other isn’t always the right thing. Fred Durst
I love finding EPs for bands that you just discover. Fred Durst
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? Fred Durst
I was a kid who got picked on in school and got beat up by popular, athletic soccer-type people. Fred Durst
I’m a real director. Fred Durst
I don’t think my name would necessarily draw people to come see the movie. It might hurt the movie, honestly. Fred Durst
Prague is a dark place. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
When you reminisce aren’t the times that someone’s forcing you to reminisce. You reminisce other times in your life. Fred Durst
My life. The life I’m living that’s where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences. Fred Durst
I stopped predicting the future a long time ago. Fred Durst
I’m 38 years old and Limp Bizkit is just something I do. If I was a painter, it would just be a type of painting I make. Fred Durst
I’m a sentimental guy. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
I’m an actor’s director. Fred Durst
I’m always looking for new talent. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
If you wanna know how not secure you are, just take a look around. Nothing’s secure. Nothing’s safe. I don’t hate technology, I don’t hate hackers, because that’s just what comes with it, without those hackers we wouldn’t solve the problems we need to solve, especially security. Fred Durst
As much as I want to go out and tour every single day and I’m ready to rip it right now, there’s five people in the band, there’s five people who’ve evolved and grown and there’s five people who have to get on the same page and want the same things, and it takes a lot to tour. Fred Durst
I made a lot mistakes that I’m grateful for, because I won’t make them again and I won’t let my artists make them, or I’ll tell them, ‘Don’t do this.’ A lot of them still make them anyway, but you can’t be told things when you’re doing your own thing. Fred Durst
I think they’d rather us follow our hearts and I hope that’s what some people will understand. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
I love jazz music and sad music. I’m a sentimental guy. I’m a romantic guy. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
I didn’t want to do a throwaway, mindless movie with fart jokes just to make 6-year-olds laugh. I want to provide my children with some substance. Fred Durst
Sometimes it’s about less is more. It’s about the seed. Thinking about this gigantic tree that you think is so beautiful but it started with this just seed. Fred Durst
I’m in touch with the social networks and stuff. Fred Durst
I am not a hater. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
I won’t deny a song or a melody. I can’t deny it. Fred Durst
Anybody who wears their feelings on their sleeve and has a harder, crusty shell – like I do – is definitely protecting an inner sensitivity. Fred Durst
I’m definitely on the incline to a peak. Fred Durst
People evolve and grow, and life is fascinating and fun and tragic. Fred Durst
I don’t fight people for fun. Fred Durst
I’m OCD beyond comparison. Fred Durst
Sometimes I feel like I used to be a person that liked to express himself a lot and put my feelings out there. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
Directing a film is a lot of work. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it. Fred Durst
I love collaborating. Fred Durst
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.’ Fred Durst
There’s an insecure part of me that comes out of me, I get nervous. I don’t know why, I wish I could overcome it because it gives me an anxiety feeling. Fred Durst
I don’t hate technology, I don’t hate hackers, because that’s just what comes with it, without those hackers we wouldn’t solve the problems we need to solve, especially security. 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. Fred Durst
To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing. Fred Durst
One of the things that was confusing about Limp Bizkit to some people is that our tastes were very different. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
Our music has always been instant reactive and I guess taking our time to absorb things and say what you really want to say could be much more offensive than anything we’ve ever done. Fred Durst
I’m an actor’s director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life. Fred Durst
There’s definitely an obstacle in developing a brand for yourself that people can rely on when you’re so eclectic. Fred Durst
I want to make timeless movies. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
That’s your best friend and your worst enemy – your own brain. Fred Durst
I have always been Fred Durst and I’ve always been me. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
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.’ Fred Durst
I’ve always wanted to make movies. Fred Durst
I wouldn’t support Limp Bizkit being on some snuff backyard brawling, fighting contest. Fred Durst
Directing a movie is serious, it’s not a joke. Fred Durst
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. Fred Durst
And touring is difficult when everybody’s heads aren’t in the same place. Fred Durst
My Web site, everything I write in there is from me. Fred Durst
I’m my own salesman. I can’t let anybody do anything for me. Fred Durst
I’m a romantic guy. Fred Durst
