Gene Simmons

you know, kind of feminine in a way because Americans were bigger and fatter and stuff. And these guys were all, you know, like bone thin and spoke strangely. I didn't understand. I was watching and I thought, gee, they look weird. And I remember my mother coming in and saying, gee, I think they look weird. And bango, at that moment I said, no, they're cool because my mother thinks they're weird.

you know, kind of feminine in a way because Americans were bigger and fatter and stuff. And these guys were all, you know, like bone thin and spoke strangely. I didn't understand. I was watching and I thought, gee, they look weird. And I remember my mother coming in and saying, gee, I think they look weird. And bango, at that moment I said, no, they're cool because my mother thinks they're weird.

You want your own thing. You don't want to do Lawrence Welk. You never heard of Lawrence Welk? Oh, my God. Kill me now. Oh, man. Lawrence Welk was on every Sunday, and it was mom and dad music. Okay.

You want your own thing. You don't want to do Lawrence Welk. You never heard of Lawrence Welk? Oh, my God. Kill me now. Oh, man. Lawrence Welk was on every Sunday, and it was mom and dad music. Okay.

Boy. And now we're going to do the polka.

Boy. And now we're going to do the polka.

Right.

Right.

I've been careful, so I win.

I've been careful, so I win.

Well, more specifically, how to be Disney without the overhead. But it's not as difficult as people think it is because unlike other countries, all information is available for free online. to anyone who wants to put in the time and it was called it's the house of god otherwise known as the library don't forget that second r in the middle it's not library it's library

Well, more specifically, how to be Disney without the overhead. But it's not as difficult as people think it is because unlike other countries, all information is available for free online. to anyone who wants to put in the time and it was called it's the house of god otherwise known as the library don't forget that second r in the middle it's not library it's library

And I used to go to the library every day after yeshiva. I was studying to be a rabbi, but then I discovered girls. So I was in school, yeshiva, which means the sitting, the whole day. And afterwards I'd go to the library, which was only a few blocks down. And I'm the only guy I've ever met or talked to who's actually read the Encyclopedia Britannica, cover to cover.

And I used to go to the library every day after yeshiva. I was studying to be a rabbi, but then I discovered girls. So I was in school, yeshiva, which means the sitting, the whole day. And afterwards I'd go to the library, which was only a few blocks down. And I'm the only guy I've ever met or talked to who's actually read the Encyclopedia Britannica, cover to cover.

I am the corniest, most boring guy at a party.

I am the corniest, most boring guy at a party.

Even during college, I went to the State University upstate New York, took out my own bank loan, paid for it myself and all that. So afternoons, I'd be the lifeguard at the Pines Hotel up in the Catskill Mountains, otherwise called the Jewish Mountains, literally. Because every weekend you'd have Jerry Lewis there and like all these guys, Milton Berle.

Even during college, I went to the State University upstate New York, took out my own bank loan, paid for it myself and all that. So afternoons, I'd be the lifeguard at the Pines Hotel up in the Catskill Mountains, otherwise called the Jewish Mountains, literally. Because every weekend you'd have Jerry Lewis there and like all these guys, Milton Berle.

And so I worked right after I'd finished classes and I'd go make some more money. And on the weekends, the Wicked, not Wicked Lester, but what was it called? Bullfrog beer. That was the college band, and we played covers and some of my original songs, which by then I learned how to write my own songs. Not very good. Two of them or so wound up being Kiss songs.

And so I worked right after I'd finished classes and I'd go make some more money. And on the weekends, the Wicked, not Wicked Lester, but what was it called? Bullfrog beer. That was the college band, and we played covers and some of my original songs, which by then I learned how to write my own songs. Not very good. Two of them or so wound up being Kiss songs.