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Love & Passion Quote by Ace Frehley

"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"

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“Get spoiled” is the tell: Ace Frehley isn’t just bragging, he’s describing a recalibration of taste. A Kiss show, in his telling, isn’t one good night out; it’s a new baseline that makes everything else feel smaller. That’s classic arena-rock psychology, where spectacle isn’t garnish, it’s the product. The line also sneaks in a defensive move. By framing the band’s dominance as something audiences discover “once you see” them, he shifts the argument from critics to converts: you don’t debate Kiss, you experience them and come away convinced.

The phrasing is loose, conversational, almost shruggy, which is part of why it works. Frehley isn’t delivering a manifesto; he’s talking like a guy who’s watched crowds turn into believers under pyro and platform boots. “Bigger” and “better” are intentionally blunt metrics, the kind you can feel in your chest in an arena. He’s not claiming subtlety, he’s claiming supremacy in the one category Kiss built a brand on: overwhelm.

Context matters: Kiss rose in the 1970s when rock was splitting into virtuosity, punk minimalism, and a growing appetite for mass entertainment. Kiss chose the last lane and doubled down, turning live performance into a comic-book event. Coming from Frehley, it also reads as brand maintenance from someone forever linked to a machine larger than any individual member. The subtext is both pride and pressure: if the show is the point, it always has to be the biggest thing in the room.

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Frehley, Ace. (2026, January 15). 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. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-most-of-the-people-once-you-see-a-kiss-144668/

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Frehley, Ace. "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." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-most-of-the-people-once-you-see-a-kiss-144668/.

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"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." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-most-of-the-people-once-you-see-a-kiss-144668/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Ace Frehley (born April 27, 1951) is a Musician from USA.

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