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 fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.
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.
Gene Simmons planned on being a success the moment he launched himself out of his mother's womb.
When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain.
I'm from Israel, so America has no limits. I started a record label, and then I started managing other artists, like Liza Minelli.
I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama.
The biggest financial pitfall in life is divorce. And the biggest reason for divorce is marriage.
Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs.
Imagine there are no men in life,
Don't believe bands who say it's all about the fans and they want to give their music away for free. The result is they will continue to live in their mother's basement.
I think it's pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It's love or hate.
There is nothing that I would do ever to break my mother's heart.
Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.
I think I know it all, relatively speaking.