Best 132 quotes of Gene Simmons on MyQuotes

After 9/11, people all of a sudden became patriotic and showed the colors. Why did it take something bad to happen? It means something. People have died for it, and continue to do so.

A good marriage can be ruined by poor communications - and by forgetting to put the lid back down.

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.

Anyone who tells you they got into rock'n'roll for reasons other than girls, fame and money is full of s***.

Before a show, you might have aches or pains, or it's a bad rainy day, or it's too humid. We all complain about stuff. But... how do I put this poetically? Once it's the roar of the crowd and the smell of the greasepaint, forget it. Once the adrenaline kicks in and your chest expands, you forget about all that.

Before you go out there and try to conquer the universe... get your act together.

Being a Jew, you realize your strongest weapon is your mind.

Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, 'Do or do not. There is no try.'

Believe me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all.

By 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.

Coming back to Israel is a homecoming.

Despite what your girlfriend may have told you, size is important, bigger is better.

Don't believe bands who say it's all about the fans and they want to give their music away for free. The result is they will continue to live in their mother's basement.

Education, 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.

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

England is a profoundly bizarre place that has produced thousands of bands the world has worshipped.

Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

Fans like their heroes simple. I'm supposed to stick out my tongue twenty-four hours a day and do nothing else.

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.

Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs.

Gene Simmons planned on being a success the moment he launched himself out of his mother's womb.

Get rid of the friends who want you to spend your whole day doing nothing with them. They're not your friends. They're your enemies.

Happy new year everbody! And remember: be kind to eachother.

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

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

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 don't know whether you [musician] can be all things to everybody, which is why there are different kinds of music.

I 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.

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

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.

I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.

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

If 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.

If you look at YOURSELF as the brand, then you will understand an intrinsic truth: People judge.

If 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.

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

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.

If your songs connect with the fans and they pump their fists in the air and go "Yeah!!" that's when a song really works. That's the electric church of it. The glory hallelujah of it.

If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.

I hope the guy who came up with the phrase 'sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll' rots in hell, I'd like to change it so it makes more sense: 'sex death and rock 'n' roll'

I know that you like to see a man in the kitchen, but I'm skeptical of men who cook. A man should be focusing his attention on the woman, and not what's on the stove.

I'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.

I love money, I love women, I like to work hard and I don't use drugs.

I'm aware, as a sane person, that I'm not the best-looking guy in the world. I'm aware of it. But when I go into a party, I will walk out with your girlfriend.

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.

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.

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

I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well.

In time of war, if you go through a bad neighborhood, I don't want a little French poodle, I want a Rottweiler on my hands.