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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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.

Gene Simmons

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

Gene Simmons

If someone likes you, they'll buy what you're selling, whether or not they need it.

Gene Simmons

I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.

Gene Simmons

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

Gene Simmons

Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.

Gene Simmons

Before a show, you might have aches or pains, or it's a bad rainy day, or it's too humid. We all complain about stuff. But... how do I put this poetically? Once it's the roar of the crowd and the smell of the greasepaint, forget it. Once the adrenali...

Gene Simmons

Personally I support 14,000 kids in Zambia - I feed and clothe them - but I don't hold press conferences about it. I don't do it so you'll think what a nice person I am; it's private.

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

I like to approach every day like it's the only day I will ever have.

Gene Simmons

I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.

Gene Simmons

You know why I'm pulling your leg? Because I can't touch it from where I am.

Gene Simmons

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.

Gene Simmons

I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama.

Gene Simmons

Nobody does just one thing. But the real difference between being an entrepreneur and everyone else in the world is the ability to monetize. I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold.

Gene Simmons

Everyone in Kiss is replaceable. My ego will tell you that I am not, but that's not so.

Gene Simmons

If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that stro...

Gene Simmons

I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

Gene Simmons

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

Gene Simmons

The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band.

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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.

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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