Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.

KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask and the mascara.

By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself.

You just can't be calling us fakers and pretenders and non-creative and say we can't freestyle.

And did you ever stop to think that I'm old enough to go to war, but I ain't old enough to drink.

It is the same with those who criticize. They desire our blood not our pain. But still I must achieve I must seek truth in all things. I must endure for the power I was sent forth, for the world for the children. But have mercy, for I've been bleeding a long time now.