Kiss’ Gene Simmons has never hidden his love for money. In a 2017 interview with CNBC, he flat out said money buys happiness and called it the fuel of life, saying without it, you’re going nowhere.
But his longtime bandmate Paul Stanley doesn’t exactly see it the same way. In fact, he says chasing cash was never what drove him to make music in the first place.
Talking on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan, Stanley looked back on what really inspired him to pick up a guitar and it had nothing to do with getting rich.
He said they learned from their mistakes over the years and no one needs to pass a hat around for them their rent is well paid. But he pushed back on the idea of being money-hungry, saying he and the band always did it for the joy it brought them.