Quotes By Gene Simmons

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.