Quotes By Peter Steele

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.

I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.

I think I've changed a lot as a person.

I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.

So, I simply switched over to wine because it was not carbonated.

I find that different types of music are good for certain activities.

Most bands don't even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years.

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

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

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 think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone.

I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract.

I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.

Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad 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 also like to eat very much, so I like all different types of foods.

I hate the human race. Of course, therefore, I hate myself the most, because I am the least of the human race.

I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth.

I just like being a social experiment sometimes. I really should not be allowed in public. But I just go out into the public just to see people's reaction.

I'm the product of 6 million years of evolution? Come on, man. I crawled out of a swamp yesterday.

If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing.

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.

So I don't cry anymore, I just beat people up. It's a lot more fun.

As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked.

Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs.

I've been told by people that it's okay to cry but, you know what, it's been used against me.

I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit.

Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.

I think aerobics are great, of course, but it just bores me out of my mind.

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.