Q: So they’re wrong.
A: Oh sure. I know I don’t look like Brad Pitt. Nor do I want to, because I don’t want to become popular in jail. That was a joke.
Q: Yeah, I got it.
A: But I’m also aware I can walk into a party and walk out with his girlfriend.
Q: Why? What’s your magical appeal?
A: Power. By which I mean charisma, inner strength. It’s nothing to do with genes. You can be really good-looking but then you’re just admired for having the right genes.
Q: You’ve lived with Shannon Tweed for 26 years, and you’ve slept with a lot of women—4,600 was the figure in one of your books, but that was a few years back.
A: It’s no secret. When we first got together, I showed Shannon photos. She was not a big fan of it, but so what? Welcome to earth.
Q: Why do you think she stays with you?
A: Well, that’s a good question. But I’ve only had three relationships in my life.
Q: The other two were Cher and Diana Ross.
A: And we remain friends and stay connected. I think it’s pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It’s love or hate. When you’re in love and lust with each other, everything’s okay. If love or lust disappears, everybody sues each other, hates each other, it’s Jon and Kate [Gosselin]. If you were once lovers, why can’t you at least be friends?
Q: You’re currently touring with Kiss. Do girls line up at the stage door every night?
A: Oh yeah.
Q: Aren’t groupies boring after a while?
A: Well, you’re a woman, so you don’t understand the psyche. It’s like a vegetarian asking a carnivore, “What’s the big deal with meat?” Look, you only drop two eggs a month, and in your middle years you stop dropping them completely. We manufacture hundreds of millions of sperm every day. We even make sperm after we’re dead.
Q: If you’re saying it’s a biological imperative to sleep with groupies—
A: A biological urge. The urge to merge.
