Quotes by Gene Simmons

About Gene Simmons:

Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American rock bass guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and television personality. Known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bass guitarist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s. With Kiss, Simmons has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.
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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.

Gene Simmons

The best you can do is set your kids on the right track; staying on it without falling is up to the kids.

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany.

Gene Simmons

My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day.

Gene Simmons

Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

Gene Simmons

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

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

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

Gene Simmons

The biggest financial pitfall in life is divorce. And the biggest reason for divorce is marriage.

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

Gene Simmons

I think it's pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It's love or hate.

Gene Simmons

I refuse to stand up in front of a rabbi and my friends and the woman I love - who I will tell you I can love with all my heart - and promise she will be the only one I will ever have until the day I die. That's a lie.

Gene Simmons

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

Gene Simmons

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

Gene Simmons

Author Bio

  • NameGene Simmons
  • DescriptionIsraeli-born American rock bass guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and actor
  • BornAugust 25, 1949
  • CountryIsrael
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Guitarist; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Film Producer; Composer; Voice Actor; Blogger; Songwriter