“It’s really surreal because it’s the embodiment of the American dream.” “He was a major part of this band. And so tonight I got to sit next to his chair, and I broke down quite a few times.” “Keep wearing the makeup, keep the leather outfits, keep doing what you’re doing—because when we first started, nobody liked us. But you make your own destiny.” Just after the party wrapped at the 48th Trump Kennedy Center Honors, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, and Gene Simmons of KISS remember the late, great