Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley
Stanley Bert Eisen, known professionally by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and painter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and co-lead singer of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's highest-charting hits. Stanley established The Starchild character for his Kiss persona...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth20 January 1952
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Our audience is young and vibrant; we retain our previous following; we are three generations into it. Unlike other bands that are very demographically specific, who they appeal to and who their fans are, we're the antithesis of that. If you see your younger brother or a parent of yours or a neighbor at most rock concerts, that's not cool but with us and kids, it's a tribal gathering. Whether it's kids or neighbors - they're all part of a secret society.
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.
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.
It's a really special night for our fans. It's vindication.
The only thing I can say is consistent in all my paintings is vivid color.
Autobiographies, for the most part, to me, are like writing a love letter to yourself.
The whole idea of rock and roll lifestyle is a cartoon. It's a caricature. And at times, it's made up of people emulating others; a few who actually live that lifestyle and many who claim to live that lifestyle.
In terms of merchandise, you can't force anyone to buy something.
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.
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,
I tend to fly a bit under the radar.
Gene sometimes... well, he has his dream list.
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.
I live in the house bad reviews built.