Letters

In what appears to be a change of mind, Paul Stanley is working on his autobiography. The Kiss frontman confirmed the news to Nikki Sixx on the Motley Crue bassist�s radio show on Wednesday (Nov. 28). �Mine is in the works,� Stanley said when about rock memoirs, although not without a degree of concern. �Autobiographies, for the most part, to me, are like writing a love letter to yourself. I mean, George Orwell said that the autobiography is the most outrageous form of fiction. How objective can you be when you are writing about yourself?� Stanley has long had an aversion to the idea of penning his memoirs. In 2007, he said, �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.� But it�s possible that the recent successes of Peter Criss� and Ace Frehley�s books, as well as Gene Simmons� 2001 book �Kiss and Make-up� have made him want to tell his side of the story, something that was not lost on Stanley. �At this point, with the three other guys from the original lineup having written books,� he told Sixx. �It�s kind of like, �OK, have you all said your piece? OK? Now let me tell you what happened.�� Source: Ultimate Classic Rock, Dave Lifton, 11/30/2012.