Quotes By Ace Frehley

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.

By the time I'm 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.

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

I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.

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.

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

I don't see this planet being... they're talking about how they're turning around the environmental problems here, but I think it's already too late.

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.

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

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

It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it.

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.

America is huge.

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