Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the former lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of the "Spaceman" or "Space Ace" and played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982. After leaving Kiss, Frehley embarked on a solo career, which was put on hold when he rejoined Kiss in 1996 for a highly successful reunion tour...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth27 April 1951
CityThe Bronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I never set my sights low. I've always believed most people are ruined by the limitations they put on themselves. I was never afraid to take that step, to see what I was capable of doing. Does luck play a role in success, particularly in a creative field? Sure it does. But if you don't have the balls to give it a shot, you're destined to fail.
Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.
Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.
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.
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.
I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.
For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
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.
I loved playing the guitar and I knew I was pretty good at it, so that's what I wanted to do with my life.
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.