In a new interview with the LA Times, KISS legend Gene Simmons commented on his well documented disdain for drugs and alcohol, and his claims that he's never been high or drunk.

Simmons: "I literally never drink. Privately or publicly. I simply don't like the taste or the smell of anything with alcohol in it. I have never been drunk in my life and have never taken more than a sip of anything, and hated it every time. I will toast just to be social, but that's it. I’m not here to convince anyone of my lifestyle. This is what I want for me.”

Instead of intoxicants, Simmons said his drug of choice is accomplishment. 

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Simmons recently spoke with FM99 WNOR Rock Girl Misa (listen to the audio below). During their chat, Gene reasserted that he stands by the comments he made about Prince's death back in May when he told Newsweek that drugs killed the "Purple Rain" singer, adding "What do you think, he died from, a cold?"

An excerpt from the FM99 interview has been transcribed with Gene commenting, "This generation and the previous ones believe that drugs are a part of life, and I reject that. You play with fire, you're gonna get burnt. I knew Prince. I knew Bowie and all that. Bowie died from disease. Prince died because of drugs. And any other way to do it is… any other way to describe it… so did Michael Jackson. Drugs killed them. But it was a choice. And so it's sad — it's sad that they went that way, because you have every reason to live. You hurt your fans, you hurt everybody. And drugs are a selfish thing. People use it because they… who knows why? But I stated it for a fact. I said he died because of drug use. People got very upset, but that's why he died."

Prince passed away on April 21st in his Minnesota estate from an accidental fentanyl overdose.