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

I'm from Israel, so America has no limits. I started a record label, and then I started managing other artists, like Liza Minelli.

You and I and everyone else have the attention span of gnats. And that means that saying or doing anything once simply doesn't work.

I want to be dictator.

I would urge all bands that say they only care about credibility and don't care about money to send Gene Simmons every dollar that they don't want. I'd be happy to take it off them.

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.

If you choose to become a smoker, you are an idiot, and you may lack the discipline and intelligence to be a successful entrepreneur.