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 am an entrepreneur in the classic mold. No matter what I do - outside of sticking my tongue out - I tend to make money, and quite a bit in non-KISS stuff.
We recognized right off the bat that he was a good athlete. From that point on we were looking at how he could best fit into the system.
Well, I'm like most Americans, we don't vote by party, we both by the person because a person is bigger than the party, which is why sometimes the Democrats get in and sometimes the Republicans get in.
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.
No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band.
I've always been anti-marriage for men until they become mature. As a species we don't mature until we're in our 60s.
I work for everything I've got. I started off as a very poor kid. I want to get paid.
I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.
If you're building a house, or doing anything, time is what you've got. Well, there's effort, but you need time. The more time you put into something, the better stuff you can make.
If you think about it, critics are an unnecessary life-form on the planet Earth, and here's why: because it's a job without credentials. You don't have to go to school.
I have to have an emotional connection to what I am ultimately selling because it is emotion, whether you are selling religion, politics, even a breath mint.
Everyone in Kiss is replaceable. My ego will tell you that I am not, but that's not so.
I fail all of the time. It means nothing.
The best you can do is set your kids on the right track; staying on it without falling is up to the kids.