A biography for Gene Simmonshasn’t been written yet.
“Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.”
“I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.”
“Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.”
“You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.”
“My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose.”
“If you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy.”
“I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama.”
“I refuse to stand up in front of a rabbi and my friends and the woman I love - who I will tell you I can love with all my heart - and promise she will be the only one I will ever have until the day I die. That's a lie.”
“Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's life.”
“Everybody hates critics.”
“Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.”
“The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.”
“I've always been anti-marriage for men until they become mature. As a species we don't mature until we're in our 60s.”
“Don't believe bands who say it's all about the fans and they want to give their music away for free. The result is they will continue to live in their mother's basement.”
“My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day.”
“I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.”
“To be in a band on the road is to have anything and everything you want just by picking up the phone.”
“When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain.”
“I think I know it all, relatively speaking.”
“When you look at Clark Kent when he's working at the Daily Planet, he's a reporter. He doesn't fly through the air in his glasses and his suit.”