“If I worked in a bank as a teller, there wouldn't be girls lined up outside of where I work when I'm done.”

— Peter Steele

Source: Peter Steele biography "Soul on fire" by Jeff Wagner, p. 209

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“If I worked in a bank as a teller, there wouldn't be girls lined up outside of where I work when I'm done.”

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