95 Quotes by Criss Angel

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.

Magic speaks to the child in all of us. No matter how sophisticated we become, there’s still a part of us who wants to believe in an alternative reality, where we can defy the laws of nature.

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.

You can’t please everyone and trying to do so is the kiss of death.

Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first ‘assistant’ was my mother, whom I levitated on a broom in our living room.

Well I have you know, several CD’s out; one of my best friends is Sully Erna from Godsmack – he is Godsmack, and we’re going to be working on an album together.

You can’t please everyone, and trying to is the kiss of death. I don’t care about Wayne Newton’s demographics. When I do, I’ll know that it’s time to quit.

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.

To me, it’s never about the trick. I don’t care about how something works. I care about how people feel when they watch it. You know, that – that connection – that emotional connection is true magic.