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

James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people`s attention.

Walk amongst the natives by day, but in your heart be Superman.

You know why I`m pulling your leg? Because I can`t touch it from where I am.

The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something.

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

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`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.

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.

It`s a dirty job but somebody`s got to do it.

Whoever said `Money can`t buy you love or joy` obviously was not making enough money.

I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn`t look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I refuse to stand up in front of a rabbi and my friends and the woman I love - who I will tell you I can love with all my heart - and promise she will be the only one I will ever have until the day I die. That`s a lie.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don`t necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

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

No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band.

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.

The first thing I did when I met Shannon Tweed, or Cher, was say: `Here, there are no skeletons in Gene Simmons`s closet.` I refuse to lead a Dr Jekyll-and-Mr Hyde life. There are DJs who get caught with prostitutes, MPs with stockings on their head. It`s a waste of time. Just say, `This is who I am. Take it or leave it.` Then you sleep well.

My hero is me. Why? Because I was a poor little kid who was told, `Hey stupid, can`t you speak English?` Now all those people work for me. Despite whatever circumstances I came across, I was always able to rise to the top and there`s only one way to do that - by being selfish, but also by believing in yourself. Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, `Do or do not. There is no try.`

"When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don`t want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler." on why he was voting for Bush in 2004.

[on his children, Nick Simmons and Sophie Simmons] Why are they so funny and creative and charming and generous? Because I won`t stand for them being anything less, that`s why!

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 (1997). I wasn`t crazy about the movie. But you know what? I`m gonna shut up, because the people have spoken. End of story!

[on the dismissal of his KISS band-mates Peter Criss and Ace Frehley in the early 1980s] They were let go for being into alcohol and worse drugs, pure and simple. I love both those guys to death. But I didn`t want them to die on tour.

Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it. That sounds crazy to me.

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

When I`m gone, on my tombstone I`d like `Thank you and goodnight`, because I have no regrets. 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.

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