Gene Simmons

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.

— Gene Simmons

We can't be The Beatles. I can't shine their shoes. I can't sing as well as Paul or John. I can't write those kind of songs. But they would die in my armour and my eight-inch platform heels, and Paul can't spit fire, so there you have it.

— Gene Simmons

Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake there shackle.

— Gene Simmons

I think Prince was heads, hands and feet about all the rest of them, I thought he left (Michael) Jackson in the dust. Prince was way beyond that. But how pathetic that he killed himself. Don't kid yourself, that's what he did. Slowly, I'll grant you … but that's what drugs and alcohol is: a slow death.

— Gene Simmons

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.

— Gene Simmons

My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose.

— Gene Simmons

The notion is that if you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.

— Gene Simmons

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

— Gene Simmons

You can't argue with facts and figures. Either people want it, in which case they pay for it, or it's two guys sitting around at the Plaza having a discussion, which means nothing. I mean, Titanic. I wasn't crazy about the movie. But you know what? I'm gonna shut up, because the people have spoken. End of story!

— Gene Simmons

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.

— Gene Simmons

Prostitute yourself. As far as I'm concerned, that's even braver than waiting for the public to catch on.

— Gene Simmons

Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.

— Gene Simmons

Anybody who picks up a guitar and tells you that there's some inner message that they're trying to convey . . . it's nonsense. They're not being honest. The reason they're doing this is they wanna get lots of chicks and they don't want to work for a living.

— Gene Simmons

People say, "I want to get laid a lot and make lots of money." That's not the right order.

— Gene Simmons

"You can't buy love with money." Only a poor person says that.

— Gene Simmons

You shall not covet thy neighbor's wife? Well, how about if she goddamn covets me? What do you think about that?

— Gene Simmons

“I think I know it all, relatively speaking.”

— Gene Simmons

My mother was 14 when she was in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. My mother’s alive and well, but only because of America. Without America’s military, the world would be in deep… fill-in-the-blank. I’m forever grateful for that.

— Gene Simmons

I’ve known Donald (Trump) for a few decades, and what you can say without argument is that he’s a good father. His kids have turned out really well. There’s nothing bad you can say about that.

— Gene Simmons

The best philanthropy is anonymous charity. When you’re doing it for the right reasons, and not to tell everyone how nice you are. That’s self-aggrandizement. That’s also OK: if you want credit, that’s OK. But the higher giving is anonymous giving.

— Gene Simmons