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.
ACE FREHLEYFor me it’s about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it’s more about money.
More Ace Frehley Quotes
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I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.
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That’s what Kiss is all about – not just music, but entertainment, y’know? We’re there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you’re at the concert.
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I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.
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Whenever I start to really think about what I’m playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn’t there.
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For me it’s about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it’s more about money.
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I’ll get up there and I’ll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
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One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten is my daughter.
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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.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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By the time I’m 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.
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I personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is uncertain.
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I’ve recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn’t help you make a better record.
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Every 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.
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I’m just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
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I’m not here to perform. I’m here to sign autographs. You have to wait till I come back with my own hand.
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If I had known I would influence so many guitarists, I would have practiced more.
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I was never afraid to take that step, to see what I was capable of doing. Does luck play a role in success, particularly in a creative field?
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I went to my friend’s house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp
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I 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.
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I never set my sights low. I’ve always believed most people are ruined by the limitations they put on themselves.
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I’m just a down-to-earth guy.
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People, y’know, they either love us or they hate us; there’s no middle ground.
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I 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.
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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.
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The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.
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I don’t like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don’t play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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