Peter Steele Quotes

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 like to put people into situations that are out of their comfort zone and see what happens.

All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head and be on the cover of 'Billboard,' see what I can get away with - if they'll let me.' And they let me. And I am literally giggling inside for, like, a month that I got away with it.

You ever notice how when you get a new tattoo, it's like a magnet? People are drawn to it, everybody wants to touch it?

I'm always shocked by what people react to.

Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense.

In real life, we do things out of character, constantly. A couple of days ago, my shoes were hurting, so I walked barefoot through New York. Someone who has known me my whole life would think that was so out of character. But I did it because of the circumstances.

You watch people and study them the way an alien would.

I refuse to totally grow up. I've always been someone who says and does things that push politically correct boundaries.

The BBC knew I was successful from early on, but they weren't sure why, and they still aren't sure. What I do has been unconventional from the beginning, so they've never been sure. It just works. It just does.

Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make.

When people are free to do as we please, they usually imitate each other.

I guess I still have this motto: 'What else can I get away with?' And unpredictability in film - that's the hardest thing there is.

I always try to incorporate something in every book that I've never used before. Hopefully, spontaneity will keep readers reading.

I wasn't intentionally trying to be different, but that was an element of what I naturally do that happened to be unique enough to spark a curiosity for people.

Nothing is a matter of course when you get to do your own thing. It's always a gift that can stop giving and probably will.

I like when things are completely absurd. I like when people take risks. I want to be able to challenge myself and challenge the viewer and challenge the back of our mind - the subconscious mind.

No one in my family was creative. One of my sisters went to a university, and pretty much, most of my siblings live a basic and dull lifestyle.

My personality is I enjoy constant change and mixing it up.

I am an observant. I like to observe people.

A lot of people probably get the idea that I'm this extremely calculated kind of guy, and in a lot of ways, I am. But when it comes to music or artistic expression, I'm very uncalculated and do things very spontaneous. If I didn't do that, I wouldn't want to do this anymore. I can't just play the same thing over and over; it would drive me crazy.

I am a strange creature. I want to challenge myself and keep people guessing with the roles I take.

I like to try new stuff and experiment. That's why I think it's entertaining to watch my matches, because you never know what I'm going to do, and you see things that you've never seen before.

I love to people watch.

Lot of people liked me in 'Manorama Six feet Under,' 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye,' 'Dev D' and 'Shanghai' and the only common thing in all these films is that when we were making them we never thought they would work. The ones that did not work were safe films.