Gene Simmons

40,000, 50,000 feet above the earth, enough so I can see the curvature.

The words, even though he understands the words, he just couldn't fathom it.

So when I start to explain to people what I've seen, what I've experienced, you understand the words, but you have no idea how to say it.

You will be blown away.

Isn't it?

Well, there's more than one answer.

There was an idea, perhaps an ideal, that Paul and I had when we first started the band that had less to do with let's get rich and famous, although...

Well, it's what my people do.

It's just... Have you got two tents for a fire?

Well, even Jesus passed the hat.

You know, it's just... But let's put together the band we never saw on stage.

That was the idea.

And, of course, in the beginning, I would imagine lots of bands, perhaps most bands, say, you know, I've got this...

this creative thing, you know, I'm writing songs and it's fun and everything else.

There was a different sense that we had, either better for worse, rightfully or wrongfully.

We would go see bands that we loved, Love and Spoonful, Sly and the Family Stone, everything.

The live experience just wasn't enough.

It sounded better on record, and often you were disappointed by what you saw live because they were trapped at the microphone, and once your eyes settled on what you saw on stage, you started talking to your friends.

Is that all there is, Peggy Lee?

Yeah, Peggy Lee.