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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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 think I've changed a lot as a person.

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

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Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.

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I also like to eat very much, so I like all different types of foods.

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Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract.

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If someone told me when I was 16 or 18 years old that I'd be doing a side project with Tony Iommi, I wouldn't have believed it.

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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. The thing is, I can do anything I want, virtually, within reason, just to see people's reactio...

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I'm a 'specist.' I hate the human race. Of course, therefore, I hate myself the most, because I am the least of the human race. I'm the product of 6 million years of evolution? Come on, man.

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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.

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Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person.

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

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There are no atheists in foxholes, they say, and I was a foxhole atheist for a long time. But after going through a midlife crisis and having many things change very quickly, it made me realize my mortality. And when you start to think about death, y...

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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We're the only species who hunts for sport.

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When I wrote songs like 'Everyone I Love is Dead,' I never thought about how I was going to execute them live.

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Author Bio

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