Kiss’ Gene Simmons has by no means hidden his love for cash. In a 2017 interview with CNBC, he flat out mentioned cash buys happiness and known as it the gasoline of life, saying with out it, you’re going nowhere.
However his longtime bandmate Paul Stanley doesn’t precisely see it the identical approach. In reality, he says chasing money was by no means what drove him to make music within the first place.
Speaking on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan, Stanley appeared again on what actually impressed him to select up a guitar and it had nothing to do with getting wealthy.
He mentioned they discovered from their errors over time and nobody must cross a hat round for them their lease is effectively paid. However he pushed again on the concept of being money-hungry, saying he and the band at all times did it for the enjoyment it introduced them.
“We discovered by means of errors and no one has to take up a set for us,” Stanley mentioned (transcribed by Final Guitar). “Our lease is effectively paid. However you understand, the concept of being like, cash hungry, or something like [that], it’s not the case. I’ve at all times accomplished this, and we’ve at all times accomplished this, in the end, really due to the enjoyment it provides us.”
Stanley additionally shared how fortunate he felt to develop up seeing among the best acts reside Jimi Hendrix enjoying for a couple of thousand individuals, Led Zeppelin, The Who with Buddy Man opening in ‘69, Humble Pie, Derek and the Dominoes. That’s what he fell in love with, and it’s what made him wish to get on stage.
He mentioned he by no means bought into music pondering he’d change into a millionaire. Again then, a millionaire appeared just like the Monopoly man , virtually unreal. For him, it was at all times about being the man on stage, being like Steve Marriott, and preaching rock and roll to a crowd.
“I used to be so lucky. I grew up in an period that took us into the subsequent period, however I grew up seeing Jimi Hendrix play for a few thousand individuals, Led Zeppelin, The Who, with Buddy Man opening in ’69, Humble Pie, Derek and the Dominoes, all these bands. That’s what I like, and that’s what I wished to be.”
“I by no means began doing this with the intention, ‘I’m going to be a millionaire,’” Stanley continued. “Again then, a millionaire was like, the Monopoly man. Y’know, ‘Whoa! That’s unbelievable.’ But it surely was by no means about that. It was about — I wish to be that man, I wish to be up there. Yeah, I wish to be Steve Marriott. I wish to preach. I wish to be up there preaching rock and roll.”