Ace Frehley Quotes

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.

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

If I had known I would influence so many guitarists, I would have practiced more.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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