I just didn’t expect an acoustic version of Rock’n’Roll All Nite.
ACE FREHLEYThat’s why they call it the present. And sobriety really is a gift… for those who are willing to receive it.
More Ace Frehley Quotes
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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 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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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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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 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 just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
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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.
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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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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.
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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’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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One thing I love to do is produce. I’ve produced a couple of bands.
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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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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’m just a down-to-earth guy.
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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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I’m the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.
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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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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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When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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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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I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album ‘New York Groove’.
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I personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is uncertain.
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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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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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