Recognize a rock 'n' roller for what he is, which is a damned lucky guy not to have to work for a living.

If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.

People who are qualified are symphonic orchestra players and jazz musicians; they're qualified to do what they do. Rock stars are lucky. It's a combination of right time, right place and having certain genes or a gimmick or whatever, but it's really not anything more than sugar. It tastes good and goes away fast.

My sense is that file sharing started in predominantly white, middle- and upper-middle-cl ass young people who were native-born, who felt they were entitled to have something for free, because that's what they were used to.

Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.

Kiss is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left.