Arts
RUS
Search / Поиск
LOGIN
  register
MENU LOGO
×
СОБЫТИЯ
Новости
Новости.Рус
Видео
Концерты
Репортажи
МУЗЫКА
Группы
Рецензии
Интервью
Стили
ИСКУССТВО
Графика
ОБЩЕНИЕ
Форум
Ссылки
Контакты

LOGIN
Новости
*METALLICA Announces 'Load' Deluxe Box Featuring Pr... 46
*Would GARY HOLT Have Joined METALLICA If He Had Gotten The C... 28
*ROB HALFORD Says K.K. DOWNING's 'Place In JUDAS PR... 24
*TOBIAS FORGE On GHOST's Phone 'Ban' For 2025 ... 23
*SCOTT TRAVIS: Why JUDAS PRIEST Doesn't Perform Any TIM ... 22
Поиск по новостям O
Фраза, имя группы
Группы в стиле
 
Подстиль
 
Основной стиль
Дата : с по  
Новости
[= ||| все новости группы



*

Gene Simmons

*



29 апр 2025 : 
GENE SIMMONS Says 'Astronomical' Insurance Costs Are Why He Is Charging More Than $12K For One Fan To Be His 'Roadie' For A Day

20 апр 2025 : 
GENE SIMMONS Reflects On His Decision To Call His Second Solo Album 'A**hole': 'I Don't Have A Problem With It'

13 апр 2025 : 
GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm Still Sad' About ACE FREHLEY And PETER CRISS Not Being Able To 'Enjoy The Fruits Of Their Labor'

21 мар 2025 : 
Watch: GENE SIMMONS Reads The Weather On Los Angeles TV Station

10 мар 2025 : 
You Can Be GENE SIMMONS's Roadie For A Day — For $12,495

11 фев 2025 : 
GENE SIMMONS Explains Why Rock Music Is No Longer As 'Fashionable' As It Once Was

24 дек 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS Admits He Took Some Heat For Contributing To 'Reagan' Movie, But Says 'I Don't Give A Squat'

21 дек 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS On Performing With His Solo Band: 'There's A Magic That Happens Up There That Words Don't Describe'

3 дек 2024 : 
See Music Video For GENE SIMMONS's Cover Version Of Jazz Standard 'Stormy Weather'

2 дек 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS Says Rock Is Still Dead, Explains Why

14 окт 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS: 'I Stand By Every Word I Said' On 'Dancing With The Stars'

14 окт 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS Blasted For 'Offensive' And 'Sexist' Comments As Guest Judge On 'Dancing With The Stars'

30 сен 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm Okay With Being Labeled Or Thought Of As An A**hole'

23 сен 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS Weighs In On Student Protests Against Israel: 'It's Well Intentioned' But 'They're Not Informed'

24 авг 2024 : 
Watch: GENE SIMMONS And His Solo Band Play Fundraising Concert In North Tonawanda, New York

5 авг 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Rattvik, Sweden Show Available

31 июл 2024 : 
Watch: GENE SIMMONS Kicks Off Summer 2024 European Solo Tour At Finland's KUOPIOROCK Festival

5 июл 2024 : 
Watch: GENE SIMMONS Covers VAN HALEN's 'House Of Pain' At Rock & Brews In Milwaukee

17 июн 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm Sad That I Wasn't More Hard On ACE FREHLEY And PETER CRISS'

15 июн 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS Says He 'Literally' Makes More Money Per Concert With His Solo Band Than He Did With KISS

11 июн 2024 : 
Watch: GENE SIMMONS Joins CHEVY METAL On Stage At California Club To Perform KISS's 'Deuce'

10 июн 2024 : 
PAUL STANLEY Names His 'Favorite Thing' About GENE SIMMONS

27 май 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS Says JIMMY PAGE Gave Him The 'Highest Compliment' About His Bass Playing

2 май 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS BAND Performs KISS, LED ZEPPELIN And MOTÖRHEAD Classics At Brazil's SUMMER BREEZE

24 апр 2024 : 
Watch: GENE SIMMONS And TOMMY THAYER Perform KISS Classics At Rock & Brews Grand Opening In Ridgefield

21 апр 2024 : 
GENE SIMMONS To Play First Post-KISS Concert At Rock & Brews Grand Opening In Ridgefield, Washington
Показать далее
| - |

|||| 21 янв 2021

GENE SIMMONS: 'Lack Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil'



zoom
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, who has been open about his poverty-stricken childhood in Israel, spoke to American Songwriter about the immense wealth he has accumulated in the five decades since the band's formation.

"We're not supposed to revel in our riches," he said. "But that's bullshit. That's bullshit because everybody — if I walk around and I walk into a room and said I'm worth a couple hundred million dollars, or a billion, or whatever they say, I don't keep track, people would go, 'Listen to that guy. What an asshole.' But if I just won the lottery and didn't work a day in my life for it, everybody goes, 'Fantastic! You won a shitload of money and you didn't work at all for it.' I've worked for every penny I got. I should be the one that should be able to say, 'Look at all the money I got.' But nope, can't do that.

"So, I don't know how to say this, but it's better to be rich than poor," he continued. "It is. You can create jobs if you're rich. You can give money to philanthropy if you're rich. A poor person never gave me a job. And the person who came up with the phrase, 'Money is the root of all evil' is a moron. Money is not the root of all evil. Lack of money is the root of all evil. The reason people hold up 7-11 is they don't have money. Why would I ever hold up a 7-11 when I could just buy the block?

"The reason for crime is people don't have enough money," Simmons added. "One of the cures for lowering crime is give people jobs, give them something to do so they can feed their families, so they don't have to go out and steal. That's the way out. And don't get me started on drug addicts; that's another thing. There are a lot of rich white boys who are on opioids and crack. That's another story and I'm not qualified to comment."

Simmons lived in Israel until the age of eight, when he emigrated to the U.S. with his mother, a Holocaust survivor.

In a 2011 interview with CNN, Simmons recalled how his family had plunged into poverty after his father left. The family was "dirt poor," scraping by on meager bread and milk rations available in what was then an underdeveloped country.

"My father left us when I was about six or seven and one day a box came in," Gene said. "A cardboard box. Later on I figured out it was a care package. I picked up my first can of food — it was a can of peaches. I had never seen canned food before, we didn't even have a toilet when I was growing up. [My mother] opened it up with a knife and I remember tasting... This gets a little emotional for me... So I remember tasting those canned peaches. [It was the] sweetest thing I ever had. And all of a sudden, I had the idea that somebody cared, and once I grew up, I promised myself that I would make a difference."

Simmons has been recognized for his efforts to give back through various charitable endeavors, including Mending Kids International, which provides surgical care to children in developing countr

GENE SIMMONS:




Like!+8Dislike!-1


КомментарииСкрыть/показать 12 )

Комментарии могут добавлять только зарегистрированные пользователи.
Вы можете зарегистрироваться на сайте или залогиниться через социальные сети (иконки вверху сайта).

21 янв 2021
Еврейские корни дают о себе знать)))
21 янв 2021
Ну он не прав чтоли?
21 янв 2021
да там не корни, там мощный еврейский стержень.
21 янв 2021
sibterminator, тебе же пишут тут руССкие пацаны: раз еврей, значит не прав)
21 янв 2021
Симмонс всегда говорит верно, но его либо не так понимают, либо не хотят понимать. Чего только стоило ему сказать об воровстве музыка - как сразу же аудитория показала свою гниль.
21 янв 2021
Да, Симмонс почти никогда не говорит откровенной чуши. Просто многие вещи как-то не принято озвучивать, т.к. они вызывают гнев нищеты.
21 янв 2021
Ну где тут почитатели США, объясните о чем это он, ведь в США всё цветёт и пахнет и люди счастливые, откуда там нехватка денег и работы?
22 янв 2021
Sw0Rn, беги к ТВ, там Соловьев выступает! Пропустишь ведь, и не будешь знать, как в омерике все плохо
22 янв 2021
Пусть попробует рыпнуться против мейнстрима. Останется только взять секундомер и засекать, когда король успеха будет аннулирован.
Причем первым потребует дать ему слово за cancel Симмонса другой нефрацуз-коллега Стенли.
22 янв 2021
Family Ghost, не, вдруг стошнит)
просмотров: 6004

||| =]
[=     =]
/\\Вверх
Рейтинг@Mail.ru

1997-2025 © Russian Darkside e-Zine.
Если вы нашли на этой странице ошибку или есть комментарии и пожелания, то сообщите нам об этом