hearing it from the horse's mouth.
Nothing, Stanley says, turns him off more than celebrities who release tell-all autobiographies.
pass for fans in a book laced with details of his sex, drugs and with his own expose.
The 55-year-old rocker, who is in Australia on his first solo tour outside of America and to promote his second solo album, Live To Win, believes such novels are egotistical.
"The autobiography is the most outrageous form of fiction, just by nature an autobiography is going to be a little warped," Stanley said in Sydney today.
themselves in the centre of the universe?
I have seen other people's autobiographies and I had some questions about those.
away from real life. It's a waste and I don't find a need to sing my own praises.
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Almost three decades after the make-up laden, leather clad, musical direction and went about writing his latest offering.
Stanley says the new material has been well received. He played in Newcastle tomorrow (EDS: Saturday) before heading to Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth and wrapping up his tour in Adelaide on April 26.
Lovin' You and Rock and Roll All Nite, but he says they shouldn't Stanley decked out in his glam-metal inspired outfits.
"I love KISS, but there is something great about being out there dressed like this," he says pointing attention to his unmade-up face and casual clothing.
audience.
This has reconnected for me why I started doing this in the first place. When I was younger and saw Led Zeppelin playing to less than 2,000 people and the communication is powerful. That's what it's all about.
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Sutton gave birth to the couple's first child Colin, a younger brother for Evan, 12, from a previous relationship.
"It's great to do it again, it's one of the things in life I love most, being a dad and we are working on having a girl," Stanley says, smiling.
"Life is great.
When you're watching people dropping like flies Jimi Hendrix, not Jim Morrison, not Janis Joplin, I didn't get into this to become a dead legend, I got into this to have a great life and that's what I got.
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