“Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.”

I think most of the people, once you see a Kiss show, you kinda get spoiled because I don’t think there’s anybody out there that’s doing a bigger or a better show than us.

I’m just a down-to-earth guy.

I loved playing the guitar and I knew I was pretty good at it, so that’s what I wanted to do with my life.

I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I’ve always had the power of foresight.

I never set my sights low. I’ve always believed most people are ruined by the limitations they put on themselves.

I’m just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.

I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.

If I had known I would influence so many guitarists, I would have practiced more.

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.

Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.

I just didn’t expect an acoustic version of Rock’n’Roll All Nite.

I mean, nothing ever really happened with ’em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.

A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

Whenever I start to really think about what I’m playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn’t there.

I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.

Sure it does. But if you don’t have the balls to give it a shot, you’re destined to fail.

Everyone across America is tightening their belts. The only place it hasn’t happened is D.C.

“I don’t know if I’ve got the will to even do this.” It’s the type of game that doesn’t let you walk away so that’s what happened, I just kept coming back to it until something really happened for me.

She shrieked. “nora! What happened to the banister!” good thing she hadn’t seen her bedroom yet.

I thought a great line in the What Just Happened movie said, “We’re just the mayonnaise.”

Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to own them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again.

Nothing really happened – I was elected in ’86 – until 1992, and that’s when the Anita Hill debacle happened.

Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.

My worst expectations never happened.