Dee Snider
Dee Snider
Daniel "Dee" Snideris an American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor. Snider came to prominence in the early 1980s as lead singer of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He was ranked 83 in the Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth15 March 1955
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
water creative guy
I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy... I can't get into minute details
names way form
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
christian principles born
I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles.
stars rocks media
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.
children parent being-a-parent
I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.
stars rock-and-roll rocks
I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.
teenage children school
I was interviewed by the Moscow Times and they said how's it feel to know that every Russian school child has to read your Teenage Survival Guide? I said slightly terrifying.
jobs smart appreciate
I've produced things myself, I was like telling the producers how to do the show. They really didn't appreciate that, they just wanted a dumb rocker on the show and they got some guy telling them how to do their job. So being too smart can get in the way.
parent knows hard
Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.
song believe fighting
But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in.
smart sometimes my-own
Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good.
people records millions
Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.
song band use
I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan's use of my song 'We're Not Gonna Take It' as recorded by my band Twisted Sister. There is almost nothing on which I agree with Paul Ryan, except perhaps the use of the P90X.
kissing smell going-away
Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away