Quotes By Gene Simmons

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.

First, when I was 12, I saw a Spanish girl jumping rope. I never saw her face, but it was still the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen.

My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose.

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.

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

Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.

I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

I fail all of the time. It means nothing.

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.

No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band.

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.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

I want to do everything. I want to be the president, I want to learn Tae Kwan Do, I want to climb mountains. I'm always bugged by the notion that I can't do everything.

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.

I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama.

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

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.

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

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.

If someone likes you, they'll buy what you're selling, whether or not they need it.

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

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.

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.