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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.

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Peter Steele
Age: 48 †
Born: 1962
Born: January 4
Died: 2010
Died: April 14
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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.
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I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.
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Have faith that when bad things happen to you, I belief in an after life, it is better to suffer here on Earth than what awaits you. That is why I pray for pain, and I get it. I do.
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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 think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone.
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Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.
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Base not your joy on the deeds of others. For what has been given can be taken away.
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I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit.
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Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs.
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I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.
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Treat each other the way you would like to be treated.
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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.
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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 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.
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I had hit a critical period in my life, where I changed very much as a person. I consider the person I used to be, dead, and I'm glad that he is. Insecure, frightened, confused, much like a lot of people I know today.
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