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
I don’t know what’s more embarrassing, these musicians and actors talking about politics in interviews or the media actually giving them credibility about it. It’s absurd that a celebrity could speak out on the economy or politics with no more justification than a hit album or a movie. – Paul Stanley
There’s a difference between standing up and telling people what you’re planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something. – Paul Stanley
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
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
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
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
As big as my ego may be, I’m really not of the belief that I can’t be replaced. I didn’t invent the wheel. There’s someone else out there who can do what I do, maybe a little differently. I believe that Kiss is bigger than its individual members. – Paul Stanley
Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me… it takes you away from real life. It’s a waste, and I don’t find a need to sing my own praises. – Paul Stanley
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
I had heard some women make comments about my chest, so why not show it off? Nobody wants to see a fat guy in tights. That wouldn’t be fair to the fans. – Paul Stanley
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
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
I’m damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don’t take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me. – Paul Stanley
The fact that you can’t base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands’ problem, not mine. – Paul Stanley
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
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. – Paul Stanley
KISS has always been outside of the borders of what other bands can do. Not that some of these other bands wouldn’t want to do it – the fact that they may snicker or look down their noses at what we do is more out of jealously than anything else. – Paul Stanley
I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely. – Paul Stanley
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
The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band. – Paul Stanley
