I have to speak to him, as a friend, he was respectful enough to call me and say, 'How do you feel about me using this?' And I've got to be, as a friend respectful enough to call him and say, 'Listen man, this has gotten wildly out of control and I really have a problem with it, as so many people do.'.

Dee Snider

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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.

Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away by Dee Snider

Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away

smell going-away kissing

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits... by Dee Snider

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.

halloween scary house

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing... by Dee Snider

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.

reasonable parent knows

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.

teenage children school

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.

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing. by Dee Snider

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.

millions records people

I do not believe profanity has anything to do with Christianity,... by Dee Snider

I do not believe profanity has anything to do with Christianity, thank you.

profanity christianity believe

But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in.

fighting song believe

I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those pri... by Dee Snider

I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles.

born principles christian

Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good. by Dee Snider

Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good.

my-own smart sometimes

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.

smart appreciate jobs

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the 'spirits' of things. A few years back, my wife was frustrated with the same old stupid sound effects tape we would play, which ends with the theme from 'Ghostbusters' and 'Monster Mash'. I told her that Halloween is way too cool a holiday to suffer through this every year.

halloween holiday stupid

Twisted Sister plays 20, 25 shows a year. But if the band had their druthers, they'd be out playing all the time.

band play years

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.

ends jobs people

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order. by Dee Snider

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.

rocks stars order

I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.

being-a-parent parent children

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.

different sound ordinary

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.

rocks media stars

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.

daughter song school