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..

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

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

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

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

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 i….

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

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 i….

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

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

I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits..

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….

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….

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 d….

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 ste….

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..

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

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

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 ….

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

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