Top 50 Ivan Moody Quotes

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’m taking care of my mother; I set her up.

I don’t know where these rap guys get off trying to act so hard.

Oh my God – if you wanna look up to somebody in this industry, start with Korn. That’s my opinion.

You go check out someone like Rammstein, man, and it changes your life.

Bands like Metallica never sat around and said, ‘We’re speed metal,’ or ‘We’re thrash metal.’ If it feels good at the end of the day, to me, that’s metal.

Everybody has to evolve.

My father and mother listened to oldies, from be-bop and swing music to – I hate to admit it, but – Barry Manilow, Fleetwood Mac and the Moody Blues.

We’ve got the most loyal fans on earth and probably the most craziest fans I’ve seen since the Pantera days.

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

I truly believe heavy metal has gone south. Too many people are focusing on, will the songs be on the radio, will the shirt be in Hot Topic?

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

For me, I grew up on old-school rock ‘n’ roll.

I’ve got beautiful children.

There are things that certain people aren’t supposed to talk about and they’re supposed to keep sheltered and go to psychologists and they try to figure them out on their own. But at the end of the day, we’re all human.

It’s taken a lot for me to understand that the position I’m in is meant to benefit other people.

We absolutely thrive on the live setting. Even when we’re in the studio, we make sure the songs we create are something we can do live passionately.

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

I don’t understand why some people get access to the universe and other people feel like they’re meant to just be stagnant and fail.

Well, for me, I was always attracted to frontmen – or artists in general – that were really passionate about what they did.

When you hit the Midwest… it’s just some passion – I don’t know if it’s in the water or what it is – but it’s just embedded in these kids.

There’s a sense of family in Colorado; there’s such a pride factor there.

We love metal.

Media, politics, women, family, friends, good relationships, bad relationships, all inspire me.

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

First and foremost, just to work alongside an icon like Rob Halford, the Metal God, was absolutely surreal.

The Ghost Machine album was actually written when I was going through spiritual depression, as that was written right after Motograter and just prior to Five Finger Death Punch.

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.

For me, I feed off everything, from bad politics to religion to relationships – I mean, just life in general. And, yeah, I’m not necessarily happy with the state of things. And I think that I get to use music as a release.

I first heard Pantera after getting out of a detention center as a kid.

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.

We are a people’s band.

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.

I’ve just always been really – we’ll call it tight-pocketed.

Anyone in recovery knows that isolation is the biggest enemy.

Our fans understand us because of who we are.

I’m the biggest NBA fan you will meet in your life.

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

I’ve always been into creative writing.

The great thing about being a musician today is that you can explore your creativity in multiple ways without compromising your primary focus.

It’s so good to be alive, man.

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

My mother raised me right – everything from Fleetwood Mac and the Doors to Pink Floyd and so on and so forth.

I was a huge David Robinson fan.

We’re tired of band videos where all you see is musicians playing in some random church or out in a desert.

I don’t want to tell people what to think.

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.

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.

Vinnie Paul was a very close friend of mine – he’s gone.

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.