Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by Peter Criss

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Peter Criss.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Peter Criss

George Peter John Criscuola, better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is an American retired musician and actor, best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. Criss established The Catman character for his Kiss persona. In 2014, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Kiss.

We're much more controlled now. We were kids back then, we each had our own demons. It was insanity.
Three times during the show the drums are lifted over the audience - I go up and out, right, left and back.
We're playing the Superbowl this year, we're opening up before the coins drop. — © Peter Criss
We're playing the Superbowl this year, we're opening up before the coins drop.
Cool things happen. Ace's guitar flies through space, goes through a hole, and blows up. I throw drumsticks and they come flying at you.
There's a lot of smoke being blown at you, but this is no new sport to me; I've been doing it a long time, I'm used to it and I see it coming immediately the minute it gets into our realm.
It's a younger generation running the show, and I miss the generation we had in the '70s. They were really very honorable guys, like Neal Bogart and Bill Graham, people who will never be around again.
I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.
When 'Destroyer' was first released, we got a strong backlash from our hardcore fans. After six months, the album was dead in the water. The critics didn't think much of it, either.
As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world.
I once had money to burn. I'd fly to Barbados for the weekend. I lived in a twenty-two-room mansion and had my pick of four luxury cars.
I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.
There's not a day that goes by that I don't bless myself with holy water and then get in my car and rub the medal of the Virgin Mary that she gave me and say a Hail Mary for my mother. And then I kiss her Mass card that's right there on the dashboard.
What I love about being a member of KISS is that we're the 'John Glenns' of rock - we always have to be the first in anything we do, and I love that.
The magic's back and we're in a time tunnel, feeling like when we were in our 20s back in the 1970s.
Musicians play music because you love... I loved to play drums since I was five. It's all I ever wanted to do. Rock stars, or as we call them, posers, guys who want to just look great, dress great. They're not musicians; they're looking for the fame.
I'm from Brooklyn. I grew up very poor- seven people, four rooms. My dad had no education.
I finally got a chance to talk to my daughter from my previous marriage. I just got married May 3 to my beautiful wife, but we don't see each other much.
For me, music is all about emotion and attitude.
I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors.
We're really in control; that's the difference. We were out of control then. — © Peter Criss
We're really in control; that's the difference. We were out of control then.
I'll always be the catman.
I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done
Don't sit around playing Mr. Tough Guy. Don't say 'It's going to go away'... It's just important - just go get checked out. It's not like you're going to lose your manhood.
Men get it. I think us men need you women to help us survive.
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