I think I know it all, relatively speaking.
— 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.
First, when I was 12, I saw a Spanish girl jumping rope. I never saw her face, but it was still the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen.
Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.
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.
I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff.
The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.
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.
You know why I'm pulling your leg? Because I can't touch it from where I am.
No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band.
Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.
I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.
Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.
Everybody hates critics.
The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.
The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.
James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.
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.
My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose.
I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well.
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.
