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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Surrendering to the best of my abilities when the price of life has outweighed its benefit may be a compassionate choice for me and those around me.

My phone rang, and although it wasn't a sinister time of night, and although nothing had happened that I would later see as foreshadowing, I knew, I knew.

Daily learning of your craft makes you master of your craft.

The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

No, I think marriage is a great thing.

When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.

Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection.

Forcing free market plans to compete with these government-run programs would create an unlevel playing field and inevitably doom true competition.

Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!

I don't think there's a petty system of heaven and hell. The love of God is much more forgiving. I'm not a believer in a wrathful God at all.