Gene Simmons Quotes
Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's life.
Simmons, Gene. Kiss and Make-Up. Crown, 2001.
This quotation appears to be typical of critics’ complaints about modern media and political reform movements lowing their standards and just trying to provide entertainment for the masses. The reason that it is noteworthy is that it was written in 1909. It is typical of the same class of complaints of 100 years later.
Gene Klein, known professionally as Gene Simmons, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the rock band he co-founded with lead singer and rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley in the early 1970s.