GENE SIMMONS: I Am Very Civilized

July 21, 2003

Gene Simmons insists the live concert pairing of KISS and the prestigious 60-piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra featured on the group's "Kiss Symphony: Alive IV" CD, which comes out this Tuesday (July 22),was a natural combination, the LA Daily News reports.

"The notion is, if you're a rocker, when you get offstage, you can't speak English," he says. "But I'm very civilized. I've never been high. I don't smoke. I've never been drunk. I've always believed in a work ethic and loved my mom." On the other hand, he admits, "I also don't look Swiss. I'm 6-foot-2 and have always had that dark, foreboding thing. When I was delivering papers as a kid and I'd get on an elevator, old ladies would step to the back. But if you take a look at the real psycho serial killers and criminals, they never look like scary people. They look like the guy next door."

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