Ace Frehley Quotes

I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.

I'm just a down-to-earth guy.

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

One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.

It's always great playing with other musicians. It's also a great situation where I'm the older guy, I've influenced generations of guitar players.

I personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday's gone and tomorrow is uncertain. That's why they call it the present. And sobriety really is a gift ... for those who are willing to receive it.

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.

I went to my friend's house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp. I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I'm in love.

People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.

I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!

If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?

We're bigger now than we were in the late 70s when we were peaking.

One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. 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.

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'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.

The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.

I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.

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.

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

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

I never set my sights low. I've always believed most people are ruined by the limitations they put on themselves. 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? Sure it does. But if you don't have the balls to give it a shot, you're destined to fail.

I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.

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.

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

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

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.

The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.

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

For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.