Peter Steele Quotes


"I think I've changed a lot as a person."
- Peter Steele
"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."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Thought, Thoughts, Day)

"I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Politics, End, Want)

"I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Alcohol)

"I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Sabbath)

"I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Opinion, Will)

"I've been told by people that it's okay to cry but, you know what, it's been used against me."
- Peter Steele
(Related: People)

"Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Humor, Darkness)

"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."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Family, Drugs, Fighting, Language, Talking)

"Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract."
- Peter Steele
"Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Songs, Style)

"So, I simply switched over to wine because it was not carbonated."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Wine)

"So I don't cry anymore, I just beat people up. It's a lot more fun."
- Peter Steele
(Related: People, 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."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Change, Stress)

"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."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Mother, Care, Fact)

"I also like to eat very much, so I like all different types of foods."
- Peter Steele
"Most bands don't even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Months, Years)

"If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Nothing, Want)

"Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs."
- Peter Steele
(Related: 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."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Space)

"It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Poetry, People, Rap)

"Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Song)

"I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Effect, Tongue)

"I find that different types of music are good for certain activities."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Music)

"I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract."
- Peter Steele
"I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Music, Car, Motivational, Hate, Old)

"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Death, Love, Sex, Songs)

"I think aerobics are great, of course, but it just bores me out of my mind."
- Peter Steele
(Related: 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."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Men, Disappointment, Pain)

"I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Play, Self)

"As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked."
- Peter Steele
(Related: Humor)

"I feel that I've grown up a little bit and I'm actually ready to settle down."
- Peter Steele