Quotes by Peter Steele

About Peter Steele:

Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk was the lead singer, bassist and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Before forming Type O Negative, he had created the metal group Fallout and the thrash band Carnivore.
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Most bands don't even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years.

Peter Steele

Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.

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

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

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

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

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

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

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

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.

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

I don't believe in, and I am a devout non-believer, in playing new songs live if the subjected and pathetic crowd has not heard them before because I consider it like mass psychosis and genocidal.

Peter Steele

To see someone 70 years old with dyed black hair, you're like, 'Hmmm, I dunno. Is that a wrinkled teenager? What is that?' So at some point, I'm going to have to stop doing this. It's gonna look ridiculous. I don't wanna look like Elvis Presley at 60...

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo.

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

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

Peter Steele

Author Bio

  • NamePeter Steele
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornJanuary 4, 1962
  • DiedApril 14, 2010
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Musician; Singer