Gene Simmons's Quotes

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.

If you're building a house, or doing anything, time is what you've got. Well, there's effort, but you need time. The more time you put into something, the better stuff you can make.

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.

I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

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.

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.

Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs.

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

The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

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

The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something.

When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do.

There is nothing that I would do ever to break my mother's heart.

I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.

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 wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany.

Nobody does just one thing. But the real difference between being an entrepreneur and everyone else in the world is the ability to monetize. I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold.

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

I don't wait for the calendar to figure out when I should live life.

I fail all of the time. It means nothing.

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

I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well.

Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.

People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate.

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.