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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
15 фев 2024 :	SEBASTIAN BACH Recalls Telling GENE SIMMONS's Daughter How KISS Inspired Him To Launch His Own Career In Rock
3 дек 2023 :	DESMOND CHILD – “GENE SIMMONS Called Me A Song Doctor So That He Didn’t Have To Say I Was A Co-Writer”
23 ноя 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS Isn't A Fan Of Cellphones: 'If I Had My Druthers, I'd Take Them All Away'
20 ноя 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS Says He Will No Longer Post On X Social Network
20 сен 2023 :	KISS' GENE SIMMONS Announces Limited Edition EB-0 Bass In Partnership With Gibson Custom Shop
19 сен 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS Pays Tribute To YOSHIKI As Japanese Star Makes History In Hollywood
28 июл 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS: PAUL STANLEY And I 'Continue To Have This Astonishing Relationship'
18 июл 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS Is 'Concerned' About Lack Of Artificial Intelligence Legislation
13 июл 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS Opens Up About True Love And Marriage: 'I Never Wanted To Be Hurt Ever Again'
12 апр 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS Donates $250,000 To MENDING KIDS Organization That Provides Free Life-Saving Surgical Care To Sick Children
24 мар 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS Sells Las Vegas House For $11 Million
20 мар 2023 :	Is JOE BIDEN Too Old For A Second Term As U.S. President? GENE SIMMONS Weighs In
22 янв 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS Praises ABBA's 'Undeniable Songwriting'
6 янв 2023 :	GENE SIMMONS On KISS' Exclusion From Rolling Stone's "Greatest Singers" List - "I Don't Give A F*@k" (Video)
12 дек 2022 :	GENE SIMMONS Says He Hasn't Sold His Crypto Holdings Despite Market Drop
30 ноя 2022 :	GENE SIMMONS Says He Was Initially 'Happy' When TRUMP Became President, Admits He's An 'Ageist' About BIDEN
22 ноя 2022 :	GENE SIMMONS Drops Another Million From Asking Price Of Las Vegas House
15 ноя 2022 :	KISS's GENE SIMMONS Undergoes Procedure To Have Excess Kidney Stones Removed
25 окт 2022 :	GENE SIMMONS Urges KANYE WEST To Take His Medication And Surround Himself With 'Nicer People'
20 окт 2022 :	Has GENE SIMMONS Experienced Any Anti-Semitism As A Member Of KISS? He Responds
15 окт 2022 :	KISS' GENE SIMMONS On Mortality And Death - "I’d Be A Complete A**hole, Certainly More Than I Am Now, If I Wasn’t Grateful For This Amazing Life"
21 сен 2022 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I Don't Have Friends'
9 сен 2022 :	GENE SIMMONS's MoneyBag Soda Celebrates Shipping One Million Bottles
30 авг 2022 :	Watch: KISS's GENE SIMMONS Celebrates 73rd Birthday Onstage In Sydney

21 янв 2021

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

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

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21 янв 2021

Санчез

Еврейские корни дают о себе знать)))

Ну он не прав чтоли?

да там не корни, там мощный еврейский стержень.

21 янв 2021

Orthodox

sibterminator, тебе же пишут тут руССкие пацаны: раз еврей, значит не прав)

21 янв 2021

hansi_hrb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ICV7ZCEuU чет напомнило)

21 янв 2021

hansi_hrb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qq3U3_uNw или это)

21 янв 2021

moongrave

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

Family Ghost

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

Sw0Rn

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

Family Ghost

Sw0Rn, беги к ТВ, там Соловьев выступает! Пропустишь ведь, и не будешь знать, как в омерике все плохо

22 янв 2021

Rutger

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

Sw0Rn

Family Ghost, не, вдруг стошнит)