American - Musician | August 25, 1949 -
I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.
Gene Simmons
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I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well.
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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.
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No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band.
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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.
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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.
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James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.
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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.
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When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.
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Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.
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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.
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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.
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