Paul Stanley Quotes - Page 2

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• If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom there.

  Paul Stanley

  Song, Writing, Play

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2006.

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• If we're lucky we realize that life is really about family - your children, your family and your friends. Without that, the rest is hollow.

  Paul Stanley

  Children, Lucky, Realizing

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• 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.

  Paul Stanley

  Kissing, Rocks, Musical

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• Whenever anybody comes to me with a way that I can give something back, it would be ungrateful at this point in my life to not say yes.

  Paul Stanley

  Giving, Ungrateful, Would Be

  "Paul Stanley Analyzes KISS's Success: 'I don't want to buy a t-shirt with a guy on it who looks like my neighbor'". Interview with Linda Leseman, www.laweekly.com. October 03, 2011.

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• A Kiss concert experience is like sex or anything else that's done with more that one person. It's the give and take that makes it so great. When the audience takes it to the next level, we can kick it up another notch.

  Paul Stanley

  Sex, Kissing, Giving

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• It's absurd for anybody to look around and hear the acts and artists who cite us as an inspiration, and then tell me that we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

  Paul Stanley

  Inspiration, Artist, Rocks

  "PAUL STANLEY Slams JANN WENNER For KISS 'Rock Hall' Snub". www.blabbermouth.net. May 20, 2013.

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• I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will see something that they are very proud of. All my injuries will attest to the fact that besides being a musician, it comes down to being an athlete.

  Paul Stanley

  Athlete, Thinking, Facts

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2006.

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• America is a business. If you can't afford to do something, no matter how much bellyaching everybody does I'm so sorry, if you can't afford it, you shouldn't do it.

  Paul Stanley

  Sorry, America, Doe

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• You can't enter the Olympics unless you do your routine to get in shape for it. The idea of going out on stage on a tour without having prepped for it would be suicide, literally.

  Paul Stanley

  Suicide, Ideas, Would Be

  "AGING How KISS Frontman Paul Stanley Keeps Fit". Interview with Ben Radding, www.mensfitness.com.

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• I was a chubby boy. My pants used to wear out in the middle, and it was because my legs used to rub together. I wasn't obese, just chunky.

  Paul Stanley

  Boys, Together, Legs

  "Paul Stanley, from 'chunky' kid to fit KISS rocker". Interview with James S. Fell, www.latimes.com. April 20, 2013.

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• To go from being an unpopular, chubby little kid who was chasing girls and couldn't seem to catch them, to being chased after and making sure I ran slow enough that I did get caught, it was 180 degree turn. It was being given the keys to the candy store.

  Paul Stanley

  Girl, Kids, Keys

  "KISS founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley: Peter Criss and Ace Frehley got what they deserved". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. September 17, 2013.

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• Doing my art came out of something very solitary and something that I had no intention of showing anybody, and yet once people saw pieces in my house, it became really clear that there was a great demand for my art.

  Paul Stanley

  Art, People, House

  "14 Questions With Paul Stanley". Interview with Shawn Loeffler, www.askmen.com.

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• The great thing about doing art shows is you get to meet the people who are interested in your art, and I think that when you're purchasing a piece of art it's a tremendous bonus to get to meet the artist because you get a chance to pick their brain a bit and find out first hand what the piece is about for the artist.

  Paul Stanley

  Art, Thinking, Hands

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• I love being a member of KISS.

  Paul Stanley

  Kissing, Members

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• The things we sing about are timeless. Political affairs and social situations come and go. But if you're singing about empowerment and not playing by the rules, you can sing about them until you can't sing anymore.

  Paul Stanley

  Political, Empowerment, Singing

  "Kiss: Miley Cyrus is 'being treated unfairly'". Interview with Daniel D'Addario, www.salon.com. September 12, 2013.

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• I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.

  Paul Stanley

  Mean, Goal, Car

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• 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.

  Paul Stanley

  Country, Rocks, Nashville

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• I was lucky enough as a kid to spend most of my weekends at the Fillmore East. On a great night, that was like a Holy Roller evangelical church.

  Paul Stanley

  Kids, Weekend, Night

  "Q&A: Kiss' Paul Stanley on New Album 'Monster' and Defining Rock & Roll". Interview with Steve Appleford, www.rollingstone.com. October 09, 2012.

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• 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.

  Paul Stanley

  Workout, Thinking, People

  "How KISS Frontman Paul Stanley Keeps Fit". Interview with Ben Radding, www.mensfitness.com.

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• Core strengthening is key to everything. It's not just about the way I look, but about stabilizing my body so I can perform better on stage.

  Paul Stanley

  Keys, Looks, Body

  "Paul Stanley, from 'chunky' kid to fit KISS rocker". Interview with James S. Fell, www.latimes.com. April 20, 2013.

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• It's a really special night for our fans. It's vindication.

  Paul Stanley

  Night, Special, Fans

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• The only exercise I got as a kid was fork to mouth. Food was equated with love in my household. I thought you left the table when the zipper was down and you'd explode if you took another bite. I'd eat my plate and then everyone else's leftovers.

  Paul Stanley

  Kids, Exercise, Zippers

  "Paul Stanley, from 'chunky' kid to fit KISS rocker". Interview with James S. Fell, beta.latimes.com. April 20, 2013.

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• Nothing could ever stop Kiss. I've seen the band in down times where critics were like vultures circling overhead saying things like, 'Well, you know it's the end of your career.'

  Paul Stanley

  Kissing, Careers, Band

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• I started working out, doing a formal workout right around 1980. That's when I really decided I needed to get in shape and it may have been because you just start to see a decrease - a change in your body.

  Paul Stanley

  Workout, Work Out, Body

  "How KISS Frontman Paul Stanley Keeps Fit". Interview with Ben Radding, www.mensfitness.com.

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• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is marketing. You've got a bunch of faceless people in a back room who trademark a name that sounds very official. Well, if you had thought of it first, you would have been the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

  Paul Stanley

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Names

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