But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.

Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.

I have lived most my life with chronic inflammation and constant pain with immediate diarrhea.

My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.

Its extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.

I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.

The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.

It's always push and pull with a record company.

I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.

I have to eat in a way that's good for me.

All of the stories, all of the beauty, all of the songs and events of this life will vanish in the ocean of time.

In the busyness of living, he is the kind of man that makes a woman pause and write romantic poetry.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

For the price of intelligence as we now know it is chronic anxiety, anxiety which appears to increase—oddly enough—to the very degree that human life is subjected to intelligent organization.

Have you ever felt worse after a run?

Jesus did not say that the whole world should go to church.Essentia lly He said that the church should go to the whole world.

I like that you have four minutes to zero in on something and evoke a specific feeling and take people on some sort of journey.

Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years.

I'm not really interested in thinking about marriage or kids at all.

Nothing cannot exist forever.