Ace Frehley's Quotes

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

I'm not here to perform. I'm here to sign autographs. You have to wait till I come back with my own hand.

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 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!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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 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.

I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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.