Quotes By Gene Simmons

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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