Dee Snider famous quotes

04-12-2025

I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan's use of my song 'We're Not Gonna Take It' as recorded byÂ my band Twisted Sister.Â There is almost nothing on which I Â agree with Paul Ryan, except perhaps the use of the P90X.
-- Dee Snider

#Song #Band #Use
Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away
-- Dee Snider

#Kissing #Smell #Going Away
Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.
-- Dee Snider

#Halloween #House #Spirit
Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.
-- Dee Snider

#People #Records
I don't conduct myself like a rock 'n' roll star in my day-to-day living. Am I a celebrity? Yes. Do people recognize me on the street? Yes, they do. But at the same time, it's not a media center out here. People get used to you.
-- Dee Snider

#Stars #Rocks #Media
My family is out of the ordinary in our physical lifestyle and the day-to-day things that we deal with, but my approach to them is pretty rational and sound. And I'm the quiet one! It's very different from my performing life.
-- Dee Snider

#Sound #Ordinary #Different
I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.
-- Dee Snider

#Children #Parent #Being A Parent
I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.
-- Dee Snider

#Stars #Rocks #Order
I've got a lot to do, and I hope that by the end of it all, people will say that Dee Snider was an entertainer, and he did his job well.
-- Dee Snider

#Jobs #People #Ends
You can't stop rock-n-roll!
-- Dee Snider

#Rocks #Rock N Roll
But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in.
-- Dee Snider

#Song #Believe #Fighting
School of Rock. The best music school anywhere. This whole idea of getting kids not just taking lessons and learning notes and chords, but learning songs and playing with other young musicians, and getting out on stage... I was so impressed that my daughter Cheyenne goes to School of Rock on Long Island.
-- Dee Snider

#Daughter #Song #School
Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.
-- Dee Snider

#Parent #Being A Parent #Hard Things
I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy... I can't get into minute details
-- Dee Snider

#Water #Creative #Guy
I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody
-- Dee Snider

#Names #Way #Form
I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles.
-- Dee Snider

#Christian #Principles #Born
There's no tour plans, no reunion, no new album... nothing.
-- Dee Snider

#Albums #Reunion #Plans
I do not believe profanity has anything to do with Christianity, thank you.
-- Dee Snider

#Believe #Christianity #Profanity
Twisted Sister plays 20, 25 shows a year. But if the band had their druthers, they'd be out playing all the time.
-- Dee Snider

#Years #Play #Band

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