A biography for Ace Frehleyhasn’t been written yet.
“A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.”
“I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.”
“Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.”
“I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.”
“I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.”
“I believe that the only way that the human race is gonna survive is to start colonizing space and setting up colonies on the moon, and then space stations.”
“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 into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.”
“I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!”
“I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.”
“I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.”
“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.”
“Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.”
“I think most of the people, once you see a Kiss show, you kinda get spoiled because I don't think there's anybody out there that's doing a bigger or a better show than us.”
“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.”
“The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.”
“I had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it.”
“I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.”
“That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.”
“When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.”
“I'm just a down-to-earth guy.”