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 SimmonsIt's very professionally done, very clever songwriting. I like Backstreet Boys more than 'N Sync, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, it's all very well done stuff. Much better than the Partridge Family and New Kids On The Block. I took my kids to see Backstreet Boys live and they flipped out
Gene SimmonsYou and I and everyone else have the attention span of gnats. And that means that saying or doing anything once simply doesn't work.
Gene SimmonsRecognize a rock 'n' roller for what he is, which is a damned lucky guy not to have to work for a living.
Gene SimmonsEducation, especially business education will only give you tools. What you do with these tools is all that matters. Life and business isn’t paint by numbers. You have to think for yourself. You have to invent yourself. You have an inferred fiduciary mandate to yourself, and that means, it’s your responsibility to learn people skills, and language skills, in order to increase your chances of success. You also have to be at the right place, at the right time, with the right thing. Mostly and invariably, the real product you’re going to be selling is….you.
Gene SimmonsRock 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?
Gene SimmonsI'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 SimmonsWealth for its own sake is an empty shell. Wealth that includes making other people's lives better will reward you even more than the beautiful mansion you live in.
Gene SimmonsMusic is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.
Gene SimmonsMy 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 SimmonsIf you're a man in your twenties or thirties, and you have yet to make your fortune, I would urge you not to get married.
Gene SimmonsThe makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something.
Gene SimmonsTelevision 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 SimmonsI think that Shakespeare is a s***. Absolute s***! He may have been a genius for his time, but I just can't relate to that stuff. "Thee and thous" - the guy sounds like a faggot.
Gene SimmonsThere’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.
Gene SimmonsIf you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy.
Gene SimmonsBy and large, Americans close their ears to anything not in English. That's stupid because there's some great music around the world that we should be listening to.
Gene SimmonsI'll get rid of the drug problem. The first drug dealer will be publicly executed in front of everybody and all of the sudden the rest of the drug dealers are going to go "Uh oh!" Watch how fast the drug problem disappears. If you use drugs, you're addicted and you steal something, you'll get sent off to the outback and to work camps and all of the sudden no drug addicts. See how simple that is? So simple.
Gene SimmonsBelieve me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all.
Gene SimmonsKiss 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.
Gene SimmonsNobody 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 SimmonsThe problem you ultimately want to have, as an entrepreneur, is deciding who to help, not deciding who can help you.
Gene SimmonsI 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 SimmonsYour date will not be impressed by you throwing up on her brand-new shoes, as you spout poetic babblings that are meaningful only to you.
Gene SimmonsIt is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there but they don't have a chance because once upon a time we [musicians of the 60s] had record companies, and they would support you and have point of purchase material and they would give you advances. In other words, they gave you the air to breathe to find yourself and spend the time to learn how to run.
Gene SimmonsI don't speak cockney and I don't pretend to come from that part of the world. For the longest time the English, like the Beatles and so on sounded American. "She loves you yeah yeah yeah!" All of the sudden you sound American. It doesn't work that way with Americans who try to sing English. It's not convincing. If I say "Footy" and "tele" and "Brissy" and "Sydney" and "Simmo" it's not convincing.
Gene SimmonsI think it's pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It's love or hate.
Gene SimmonsWhen you're busy doing your own stuff it's like running a race. You try not to look over your shoulder to see who else is in the race, you do the best you can.
Gene SimmonsI 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. Thats a lie.
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