Gene Simmons

“The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band.”

“The biggest financial pitfall in life is divorce. And the biggest reason for divorce is marriage.”

“When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.”

“I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold. No matter what I do - outside of sticking my tongue out - I tend to make money, and quite a bit in non-KISS stuff.”

“Well, I'm like most Americans, we don't vote by party, we both by the person because a person is bigger than the party, which is why sometimes the Democrats get in and sometimes the Republicans get in.”

“Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.”

“In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.”

“I work for everything I've got. I started off as a very poor kid. I want to get paid.”

“England is a profoundly bizarre place that has produced thousands of bands the world has worshipped.”

“Music is feeling. You can try to verbalize it. It really just hits you or it doesn't.”

“I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff.”

“You know why I'm pulling your leg? Because I can't touch it from where I am.”

“My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.”

“If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong.”

“Before a show, you might have aches or pains, or it's a bad rainy day, or it's too humid. We all complain about stuff. But... how do I put this poetically? Once it's the roar of the crowd and the smell of the greasepaint, forget it. Once the adrenaline kicks in and your chest expands, you forget about all that.”

“Walk amongst the natives by day, but in your heart be Superman.”

“I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.”

“I worship scones and danishes. If I never had another meal, I wouldn't care as long as I could eat pastries and jelly doughnuts.”

“I like to approach every day like it's the only day I will ever have.”

“I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.”