Quotes from Gene Simmons

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate.

The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.

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.

The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band.

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.

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.

I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.

If someone likes you, they'll buy what you're selling, whether or not they need it.

Personally I support 14,000 kids in Zambia - I feed and clothe them - but I don't hold press conferences about it. I don't do it so you'll think what a nice person I am; it's private.

I think it's pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It's love or hate.

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.

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

There is nothing that I would do ever to break my mother's heart.

Rock 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?

Music is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.

Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days.

There are many really stupid ideas that wind up being brilliant, if you can implement them.

If a vacuum cleaner salesman rings your front door, he will be selling HIMSELF first. The vacuum cleaner is secondary.

No one has the right to shake his finger in your face.

Your 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.

I would recommend you watch the movie 'Jobs' starring Ashton Kutcher, if you don't have time to read Jobs's biography.

Let's say you're a garage mechanic, and you have big dreams about opening up your own chain of branded garages around the country. Terrific.