It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai. Criss Angel More Quotes by Criss Angel More Quotes From Criss Angel No one has the ability, that I'm aware of, to do anything supernatural, psychic, talk to the dead. Criss Angel ability psychics Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it? Criss Angel illusion sometimes art I'm actually tougher on myself as I get older. It's a vicious cycle. The things that are important in life are the things that you can't buy in life: love, health and happiness. I say that, and I believe that, and I try to live that. Criss Angel love-life important believe I have mentally overcome situations most of you would be terrified to ever attempt: heights, fire, needles, spiders, snakes, angry monkeys, being shot, being hit by a car, going blind - you name it, I have been in a situation where I have had to mentally overcome my inherent fears to do my job. Criss Angel snakes fire jobs Pain can be a beautiful thing. Criss Angel beautiful-things pain beautiful I've never, ever had any therapy. Some might say I need it, but I've never seen a shrink or a psychologist or anything like that. Criss Angel psychologist might needs I would love to be fooled. The innocence of child for the first time, seeing something and being in wonder is something that I long for because I'm tainted. Criss Angel long children firsts A lot of the demonstrations that I do, when I get inside peoples minds, is understanding human behavior and understanding how people think and getting their patterns down so I know how to create the illusion that I get inside their brain. Criss Angel understanding people thinking And you know, I'm so used to going 100 miles an hour in every direction and sleeping you know, two, three hours a night, and that's the way I live. Criss Angel sleep night two You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With 'Mindfreak' on television and 'Believe' live, I want to bring things that people have never seen before. That process is very difficult. It's very challenging, and you never know how long it's going to take - months or years. Criss Angel long believe years I came up with the term 'mindfreak' because I didn't like the word 'magician.' I felt like I wanted to coin a term that would be basically the reaction to my art. It would be a mindfreak and so that's why I came up with that. But, many people say I'm really a student of humanity and psychology. Criss Angel psychology people art I put my life in danger every time I do some of these demonstrations, whether it's in the audience hanging upside down or on the stage. We now have a lot of dangerous stunts where anything can go wrong. In fact, I have fallen two stories and landed on the stage, so I am well aware of the dangers. Criss Angel stories two facts I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to air it or not, it's at my discretion. I don't have to do it to somebody else's time frame. Criss Angel real air ideas I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don't live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it. Criss Angel artist life thinking I've never formally trained for pain management, but I have a good understanding of how to conquer it. I just analyze the pain, feel it in the moment, and then mentally become numb to it. Criss Angel pain understanding management I love the press; I even like the people that don't like me. If it wasn't for those people, no one would know who I was and I wouldn't have a gig. Criss Angel dont-like-me gigs people I think if you would have cut Houdini with a knife, blood wouldn't come out, PR would. Criss Angel cutting blood thinking I want to ride my motorcycle up the side of the Luxor to the light and vanish. Criss Angel motorcycle light want I worked 18 years to become an overnight success. Now MagicPlace.com will short circuit that process for people. Criss Angel short-circuit people years I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at. Criss Angel performers television
