"Walk amongst the natives by day, but in your heart be Superman."

"The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something."

"Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK."

"The only jobs kids have are to do well in school, to be charming and polite, and be thankful. That's it. I'll house you, protect you, I'll even give my life for you, and in return, you will behave."

"My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day."

"I like to approach every day like it's the only day I will ever have."

"I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff."

"If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong."

"Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band."

"I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama."

"I like to approach every day like it's the only day I will ever have."

"I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff."

"If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong."

"Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band."

"I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama."

"Music is feeling. You can try to verbalize it. It really just hits you or it doesn't."

"I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party."

"You know why I'm pulling your leg? Because I can't touch it from where I am."

"I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make."

"I don't wait for the calendar to figure out when I should live life."

"Believe me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all."

"Before a show, you might have aches or pains, or it's a bad rainy day, or it's too humid. We all complain about stuff. But... how do I put this poetically? Once it's the roar of the crowd and the smell of the greasepaint, forget it. Once the adrenaline kicks in and your chest expands, you forget about all that."

"I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it."

"Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important."

"You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference."

"No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band."

"Never negotiate with kids. They don't have life experience, and they don't have repercussions for bad decisions; they still get fed and housed."

"I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me."

"Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat."

"I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff."

"The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money."

"I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals."

"Men want success and sex. Women want everything."

"It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany."

"People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate."

"I worship scones and danishes. If I never had another meal, I wouldn't care as long as I could eat pastries and jelly doughnuts."

"Personally I support 14,000 kids in Zambia - I feed and clothe them - but I don't hold press conferences about it. I don't do it so you'll think what a nice person I am; it's private."

"If someone likes you, they'll buy what you're selling, whether or not they need it."

"Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's life."

"Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself."

"The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish."

"The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band."

"Happy new year everbody! And remember: be kind to eachother."

"The biggest financial pitfall in life is divorce. And the biggest reason for divorce is marriage."

"Women are from Mars, men have a penis"

"Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days."

"The best you can do is set your kids on the right track; staying on it without falling is up to the kids."

"When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do."

"James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention."

"When you look at Clark Kent when he's working at the Daily Planet, he's a reporter. He doesn't fly through the air in his glasses and his suit."