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I don't see this planet being... they're talking about how they're turning around the environmental problems here, but I think it's already too late.

I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.

I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.

As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.

I have a lot of diehard fans. Ace Frehley fans and Kiss fans are the greatest fans in the world.

I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.

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 loved playing the guitar and I knew I was pretty good at it, so that's what I wanted to do with my life.

It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it.

'American Idol' opened up all the doors to where I am now.

It's amazing being on tour with a group of 50, but when one person gets sick, it goes through the whole company. We take care of each other - we're well stocked on Mucinex. When everything stays healthy, it's a joyful experience for everyone.

The Smith Center is a theater where you want to keep the lights on. The acoustics are amazing, and this is a stage that was built for sound.

When I was 6 years old, we were lighting firecrackers in the backyard and started a fire. My brother ran out and was pulling water from the creek and pouring it on the fire with a 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup.

Diana and I are in it forever. She's my best friend.

All I want to do for the rest of my life is be with Diana 24/7. We're creative people, and we love to work together.

I'm the youngest of five boys.

The nice thing about 'Samson & Delilah' is that the team behind it are real hustlers - they really want it to happen.

My first album after 'American Idol' I did with Desmond - we paid for it together, and we literally were together working on it every day for a year and half, just writing. We wrote in New York, Nashville, L.A., Sweden - we wrote with some other amazing songwriters like Diane Warren, too.

It really helped me as a writer to understand how other writers think.

When you're on tour, you really don't get to hang out with and spend the holidays with your family and friends. And there isn't usually much of a break in between performance dates.

Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary.

Families don't make projects for five years, they make projects for generations.

I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.

I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know.

My childhood was great, honestly. I have all these incredible memories of my childhood. I was an only child. I always had all my cousins around. I had my grandparents around. I had my parents around. I had my uncles around - whatever.