Gene Simmons: 'I've got licence to thrill'
Gene Simmons has said that being in a band is better than being James Bond.
The KISS frontman told Metro that rock stars should present themselves as the best for their fans.
Simmons said: "You have a moral duty as a rock star. All these audiences work at jobs they dislike and spend their pay cheques on something they love - they wanna see Kiss.
"How f**king dare any of us ruin that trust? So we introduce ourselves with, 'You wanted the best, you got the best'. There's a sense of pride."
He added: "I'm much too big for the term 'musician' - I'm an entertainer. KISS harks back to the court jesters and travelling gipsies of old; they used sleight of hand, they romanced a few girls. Music was part of the whole culture.
"Being in a band is better than being James Bond - he's got a licence to kill, baby, I've got a licence to thrill. You can be an ugly b**tard and get any girl and more money than God."
By Mayer Nissim of digitalspy.com
The KISS frontman told Metro that rock stars should present themselves as the best for their fans.
Simmons said: "You have a moral duty as a rock star. All these audiences work at jobs they dislike and spend their pay cheques on something they love - they wanna see Kiss.
"How f**king dare any of us ruin that trust? So we introduce ourselves with, 'You wanted the best, you got the best'. There's a sense of pride."
He added: "I'm much too big for the term 'musician' - I'm an entertainer. KISS harks back to the court jesters and travelling gipsies of old; they used sleight of hand, they romanced a few girls. Music was part of the whole culture.
"Being in a band is better than being James Bond - he's got a licence to kill, baby, I've got a licence to thrill. You can be an ugly b**tard and get any girl and more money than God."
By Mayer Nissim of digitalspy.com
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