Gene Simmons

And it was emotional because somehow the journey, you know, even salmon returned to spawn where they were bred, you know, that sort of homecoming thing.

No, I remember every minute and every... I mean, I've never used drugs or alcohol, which is why I can put my hand in front of my face and it doesn't do that.

So the mind is clear and I recall tastes, smells, things.

I remember seeing people's faces.

And the overwhelming image I remember is...

As you're looking around and making eye contact with somebody in the middle of the

the passion and the playing, and you know what that's like when you're on stage and you really feel it, and it sounds good and everything, and they start crying.

They get that, you know, because it's childhood.

It's not just because it's us.

It happens to any great band that's on stage that has a history, because music is the soundtrack of their lives.

Oh, I'm supposed to be Darth Vader and the Big Bad John and all that.

I've got to turn my back often so that they don't see.

No, not glad.

It's funny.

A coin has two different sides.

There's sadness and there's pride.

There's the sadness of, you know, at some point you've got to leave mom and dad and go off on the next chapter of the journey of life.

On the other hand, you're proud that four knuckleheads off the streets of New York with no resume, no experience, no right to be here, no right to wear higher heels and more makeup than your mommy ever wore.

were given a chance to make truckloads of money and chicks.

There's no question.