Love him or hate him, he's fun to listen to or read about.
From his website:
To those of you who wonder if what you see of me and my home life on your tv sets is accurate. It is. This is who I am. This is who I have always been. This is probably who I will always be. I refuse to surround myself with losers. I refuse to surround myself with drinkers, dopers and smokers. I refuse to live my life by anyone else's rules. I live my life by my rules. I refuse to get married, not because I don't care enormously for Shannon (for 23 years and counting), but because one of the two in a marriage is a MAN. And, I'm one of them. I don't have a high regard for the male of the species. It's more violent and less prone to be around. My father was not. I do not want to become my father. Women, I find, are a higher life form and perhaps we would all be better off if they ruled the world. I am unashamed and unapologetic about using my full name wherever and whenever I can. YOU WILL ONLY GET THE RESPECT YOU DEMAND. Try it.
You know, I didn't listen to any of this genre of music. Much of it was before my time, plus I grew up allowed to listen to only Gospel music.
I couldn't stand Ozzy Osborne's TV show .. but there's something about Gene Simmons that you can't help but love. His kids seem to have a real good head on their shoulders for being "rich kids" ... the whole family just seems so down to earth.
I still don't understand how he justifies not being married ... but all in all he rates pretty high on my list.