Rock legend Gene Simmons recently proclaimed that money makes life better, even if it doesn’t bring actual happiness.
Simmons told the Ultimate Classic Rock Podcast that if you’re going to be miserable, it’s better to be “a rich, miserable f—.”
The iconic bassist and singer from KISS explained that there are a lot of famous people who are relatively poor, and people whose names you might not know that are very wealthy.
“You know, life is tough, so the romantic hippie-dippie notation about life never worked for me,” Simmons said. “All I ever did was try to figure out how to become powerful and make lots of money, for survival.”
Simmons’ comments come just days after he promoted a $12,495 package that would allow a fan to be his “personal assistant and roadie for a day.” The rocker caught flack for the concept, with many pointing out he was charging a fan thousands of dollars to work for him.
While Simmons is preaching the importance of cash, fellow former KISS member Ace Frehley believes money was the reason the band’s original lineup split.
“Once we became rich, we all became millionaires, everybody started going their own way,” Frehley said on the Guitar Tales podcast last year.
