In my college days, I lived near Kissena Blvd., where Simmons grew up. I know the type, so forgive me if I sound like I'm stereotyping...And you don't think it's his underlying beliefs that are the root of his outer confidence?
You haven't met many Israelis from Flushing, Queens, have you? To put it nicely, it's more of a cultural thing about them.
If he hadn't become wildly successful as a rock star, giving him that free reign, chances are he'd be an accountant, insurance broker or a diamond salesman with an attitude and a somewhat better haircut. He'd be the guy that used to go to the discos with an open shirt exposing his hairy chest with a huge star of David hanging there who now has the wifey at home in East Meadow living in a three bedroom split ranch where he gets home on the 6:01 out of Penn; said wifey spending his money on jewelry and clothes at Bloomie's over at the Roosevelt Field Mall where she spends her days while he has a fantasy of making it with the new 22 year old receptionist and thinks about passing her a note saying "Would you like to get together??".
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