Quotes by Peter Steele

• Yes, there are times when I get extremely depressed and how I sublimate those feelings is through music.
• I think I've changed a lot as a person.
• I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but I was subjected to my own thoughts for forty minutes without any sensory input, and I couldn't stand what I thought.
• I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth.
• I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.
• I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo.
• I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone.
• I've been told by people that it's okay to cry but, you know what, it's been used against me.
• Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person.
• There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family.
• Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract.
• Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs.
• So, I simply switched over to wine because it was not carbonated.
• So I don't cry anymore, I just beat people up. It's a lot more fun.
• One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change.
• If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and the fact that this is where the band is based, I would probably move to Iceland.
• I also like to eat very much, so I like all different types of foods.
• Most bands don't even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years.
• If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing.
• Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.
• It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of personal space - like, a mile from the nearest person is fine for me.
• It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.
• Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.
• I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit.
• I find that different types of music are good for certain activities.
• I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract.
• I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.
• I think aerobics are great, of course, but it just bores me out of my mind.
• I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men would rather not admit: That we feel pain, we cry, get sad and sometimes don't deal well with disappointment.
• I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.
• As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked.
• I feel that I've grown up a little bit and I'm actually ready to settle down.