There's definitely an obstacle in developing a brand for yourself that people can rely on when you're so eclectic.
Fred DurstFor 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 DurstI do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it.
Fred DurstEverybody 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