In a new Interview with Yahoo! 7 News, Gene Simmons has admitted his differences with Paul Stanley. He said:
“I’m peculiar. I recognize that. I’m eccentric. I am all about myself. I love the sound of my own voice.”
Drummer Eric Singer described the relationship between Gene and Paul as”
“Like Ying and Yang. A battery has a positive side, negative side, and together that creates the electrical energy that is needed for it to power something.”
Gene told Guitar World magazine in a recent interview that he would be “nowhere” if he hadn’t met Paul nearly half a century ago:
“Although it’s fair to say Paul and me are completely different people. But we’re two different sides of the same coin. I don’t have any brothers or sisters on my mother’s side. But certainly, Paul would be the brother I never had. And we constantly disagree about all sorts of things, but we share the important values that make great relationships last a lifetime. Love of family. Don’t abandon your kids. Show up on time. Do work. Be gracious. Have a work ethic. Do all that stuff. And if you’re lucky, goddammit, and if you’re blessed to have the right thing at the right place at the right time, then you’re even luckier if you find somebody else you can work with. Because if [Mick] Jagger has an off night, THE [ROLLING] STONES aren’t so good. But if I have an off night, I know Paul‘s going to push it through to the goal. Same as when he has an off night. And don’t kid yourself — Tommy [Thayer, guitar] and Eric often give us good kicks in the pants, too.”