Paul Stanley Quotes

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

Sometimes you have to understand that you push ahead, there's going to be a lot of flak, there's going to be a lot of dogs barking, but the wagon train moves ahead.

We've had to develop a super-thick skin. We've been beaten up more than any band in history.

I really believe that with all of what Lynyrd Skynyrd has been through, we can survive just about anything. We've had a load of ups and downs, but we're still here.

Sometimes people can get shitty, but you won't last in music industry by taking things personally.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat.

There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort.

At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.

I'm used to having a lot of criticism. It's normal. It's normal when you come from South America, when you have a country pushing very hard in your back.

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

I don't think you can live as long as I have in rock n' roll and not take a few hard knocks.

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

To the stars through thorns.

When the chips are down, you see who the real fighters are. That is the beauty of Manchester United.

A lot of people gave up on us, but we kept kicking and making music.

This is the spirit of Manchester United: that they are ready for anything.

There's always gonna be setbacks; there's always gonna be knockdowns. There's always gonna be people telling you, 'Hey, you suck!'

There are no guarantees in the music field. There's a lot of rejection, a lot of criticism and a lot of disappointment. You have to be prepared for that. And after 1973, it just wasn't happening for me.

Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.

I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor, and I'll get through anything people can throw at me.

The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you were beside me.

People are always going to be tough on you.

I still hold that pen; I still write my own story. So it's going to take a whole lot more than Samoa Joe running me over. And it's going to take more than Randy Orton kicking my face in. It's going to take more than Erick Rowan slamming my head through a table. You guys keep trying to put me down, but I will not stay down.

I can still take the hits; it's not a problem for me. I accept the blows. I can take the punches like a boxer.

Critics said I am nasal, but my fans made me hit. So I will not stop singing if critics don't like me.