As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.
ACE FREHLEYAs long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.
ACE FREHLEYI’m just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
ACE FREHLEYI had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it.
ACE FREHLEYI’ve never read anything about heroin where, yeah, it’s a good experience, and you can do it for 20 years and enjoy it, like having a cold beer. It doesn’t work that way with heroin.
ACE FREHLEYFinding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
ACE FREHLEYI’m the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.
ACE FREHLEYI never set my sights low. I’ve always believed most people are ruined by the limitations they put on themselves.
ACE FREHLEYOnce you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
ACE FREHLEYI believe that the only way that the human race is gonna survive is to start colonizing space and setting up colonies on the moon, and then space stations.
ACE FREHLEYI knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.
ACE FREHLEYEvery time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn’t have to pay me.
ACE FREHLEYI feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album ‘New York Groove’.
ACE FREHLEYOne thing I love to do is produce. I’ve produced a couple of bands.
ACE FREHLEYI personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is uncertain.
ACE FREHLEYFor me it’s about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it’s more about money.
ACE FREHLEYI look at my kid, and one part of me wants to keep her as my little baby. But, y’know, the bottom line is she’s 18!
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