Terry Gross: No. Let's get to the studded codpiece.
Gene Simmons: Oh yes.
Terry Gross: Do you have a sense of humor about that?
Gene Simmons: No.
Terry Gross: Does that seem funny to you? Are you --
Gene Simmons: No, it holds in my manhood.
Terry Gross: [laughs] That's right.
Gene Simmons: Otherwise it would be too much for you to take. You'd have to put the book down and confront life. The notion is that if you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.
Terry Gross: That's a really obnoxious thing to say.
Gene Simmons: No it's not, it's being -- why should I say something behind your back that I can't tell you to your face?
Terry Gross: Wait, it -- it -- has it come to this? Is this the only way that you can talk to a woman? To do that shtick?
Gene Simmons: Let me ask you something. Why is it shtick when all women have ever wanted ever since we've crawled out of caves is, Why can't a man just tell me the truth and just speak to me plainly? Though, if I do that -- you can't have it both ways.
Terry Gross: So you really have no sense of humor about this, do you?
Gene Simmons: Oh, I'm laughing all the way. You know, we're --
Terry Gross: Oh, to the bank, right?
Gene Simmons: Well of course. [laughs] Don't I sound like a happy guy?
Terry Gross: Not really, to be honest with you.
