Gene Simmons Quotes

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

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

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.

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.

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

The death of rock was not a natural death. Rock did not die of old age. It was murdered.

In time of war, if you go through a bad neighborhood, I don't want a little French poodle, I want a Rottweiler on my hands.

James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.

It's hard to see your destination when you're focused on the cracks in the sidewalk.

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 are many really stupid ideas that wind up being brilliant, if you can implement them.

What we have is pretty meaningless. It's what we are that counts.

I don't wanna go on vacation. There's nothing about it that appeals to me. People look forward to doing that; I look forward to getting up every day and doing something.

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.

Trees acquire strength by growing slowly and flexing with the pressures of nature. Us too.

Music is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.

If you look at YOURSELF as the brand, then you will understand an intrinsic truth: People judge.

Believe me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all.

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

After 9/11, people all of a sudden became patriotic and showed the colors. Why did it take something bad to happen? It means something. People have died for it, and continue to do so.

Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, 'Do or do not. There is no try.'

You can't start motoring up life's road until you get your buns in gear.

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

It's better to be an octopus than a fish. If an octopus loses a tentacle to a predator, the octopus will survive with seven tentacles left for itself.

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

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

If you choose to become a smoker, you are an idiot, and you may lack the discipline and intelligence to be a successful entrepreneur.

If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.

It's easy to be drowned out by the crowd, but to thine own self be true, say I, no matter what everybody says, no matter what the popular vibe is.

Walk amongst the natives by day, but in your heart be Superman.

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.

The most important word in American, in Western culture, is "I."

Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

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.

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

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.

Before you go out there and try to conquer the universe... get your act together.

Our perception of yesterday is the foundation for our expectations of tomorrow.

Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days.

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.

The only jobs kids have are to do well in school, to be charming and polite, and be thankful. That's it. I'll house you, protect you, I'll even give my life for you, and in return, you will behave.

You have to understand that nothing appeals to everybody.

I know that you like to see a man in the kitchen, but I'm skeptical of men who cook. A man should be focusing his attention on the woman, and not what's on the stove.

I love money, I love women, I like to work hard and I don't use drugs.

I have sold my soul to the devil.

Rock stars are idiots. You know that! Remember this moron never went to music school, never learned music theory and can't read or write music. So why not be suspicious of everything this idiot says?

Anyone who tells you they got into rock'n'roll for reasons other than girls, fame and money is full of s***.

William Shakespeare sounds to me like some kind of faggot.

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

I want to be dictator.