I think KISS has always been about celebrating self-empowerment. Celebrating the idea that anything is possible with determination and hard work.

Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.

We are still not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but there are 3,000 Kiss products, a Kiss musical toothbrush, everything from Kiss caskets to Kiss condoms. There are no Radiohead condoms.

Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.

My workout is always with a trainer because, quite honestly, I don't think most people are motivated enough to do what they need to on their own. You either need a spotter or you need a trainer. You need somebody there to push you to get that extra five.

When you start fooling around with drugs, you're hurting your creativity, you're hurting your health. Drugs are death, in one form or another. If they don't kill you, they kill your soul. And if your soul's dead, you've got nothing to offer, anyway.

You're at your best when you don't know what you're doing.