My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I’ve always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
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.
More Ace Frehley Quotes
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She’s going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren’t into Kiss. But they’ve all been told that it’s the greatest show on Earth.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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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’m just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
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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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If I had known I would influence so many guitarists, I would have practiced more.
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One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten is my daughter.
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I 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.
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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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The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.
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I’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.
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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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I 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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I’m the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.
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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 personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is uncertain.
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I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I’ve always had the power of foresight.
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. I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I’m in love.
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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 why they call it the present. And sobriety really is a gift… for those who are willing to receive it.
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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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I’ll get up there and I’ll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
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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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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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