Gene Simmons Quotes

It's hard to see your destination when you're focused on the cracks in the sidewalk.

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

What we have is pretty meaningless. It's what we are that counts.

There are many really stupid ideas that wind up being brilliant, if you can implement them.

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

There are no limitations to any of our dreams.

Our job is to leave the world a little better than we found it. Not the same... not worse... better.

When I meet a woman, I don't think, 'Gee, I wonder if she's read the latest thesis by Stephen Hawking? I think, 'Great tits.'

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.

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.

The death of rock was not a natural death. Rock did not die of old age. It was murdered.

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

My hero is me. Why? Because I was a poor little kid who was told, `Hey stupid, can`t you speak English?` Now all those people work for me. Despite whatever circumstances I came across, I was always able to rise to the top and there`s only one way to do that - by being selfish, but also by believing in yourself. Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, `Do or do not. There is no try.

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.

If a vacuum cleaner salesman rings your front door, he will be selling HIMSELF first. The vacuum cleaner is secondary.

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

You always start off with passion and the people that have it.

Rock stars are idiots. You know that! Remember this moron never went to music school, never learned music theory and can't read or write music. So why not be suspicious of everything this idiot says?

Men want success and sex. Women want everything.

If you're lucky, you don't think in a straight line.

You have to understand that nothing appeals to everybody.

Music is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.

Kiss is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left.

I want to be dictator.

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 strong.