Gene Simmons: ‘My Mother and I Came Here as Legal Immigrants Because There Is a Difference’

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SIMMONS: "Yes. And I want to tell you that there, I can't explain it, but here we are and I get very emotional talking about this because I wasn't born in America. I know I don't look Swiss. My mother and I came here as legal immigrants because there is a difference. And we waited in line for years until we finally came in. And one of the first images I saw on television was a man, and he was flying through the air with no jets or anything and just a cape on his back. And my mind was blown. What kind of country is this? And every -- I mean, I'm still amazed by the wonder that's America. And I get flack for that for people saying, well, you're doing sound bites. No. I deeply love, and I'm amazed by this country, no matter all the problems. There's always, you know, people always argue about stuff. But the wonder that is America is that I can be here first generation, legal, immigrant, and people who've been here for hundreds of years don't say, go to the back of the line. I can have access to any position in power I can have as long as I'm willing to work for it. That's the American dream."