Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons
Chaim Witz, known professionally as Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor and television personality. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bass guitarist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the rock band he co-founded with rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley in the early 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth25 August 1949
CityTirat Carmel, Israel
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Never negotiate with kids. They don't have life experience, and they don't have repercussions for bad decisions; they still get fed and housed.
Music is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.
Walk amongst the natives by day, but in your heart be Superman.
You can't rely on anything. At the end of the day, all you have is yourself.
Men want success and sex. Women want everything.
Believe me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all.
Anybody who picks up a guitar and tells you that there's some inner message that they're trying to convey... it's nonsense. They're not being honest. The reason they're doing this is they wanna get lots of chicks and they don't want to work for a living.
My background is full of pain. My mother was in a Nazi concentration camp and our whole family was killed off. Then early on your father leaves and all you've got is your mother, and I was an only child. Then you come to a new country and I can't speak English.
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.
Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.
Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.
Let's look different! I like monster movies, so why can't I have Godzilla's face on my boots?
I love money, I love women, I like to work hard and I don't use drugs.