Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey! — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16, and it… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Bands have always written songs against what they see as wrong. Ronald Reagan really made for a lot of songs. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm always looking, people are always presenting and I have found that every year of my life there's been great bands. All… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Punk-rock gave music back to people. For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think there will always be great new music and bands. As long as there's people around, there's going to be great… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Youths write me and tell me that their band will go nowhere because of all the bad bands in the world. I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record. — Henry Rollins Copy Share
We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's. — Henry Rollins Copy Share
If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
I was raised in Washington, DC, very violent place. I grew up with violence. My introduction to music was violent. The years I've spent… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
I feel pain everyday of my life. When you see me perform, it's that pain you're seeing coming out. I put all my emotions,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did. — Henry Rollins Copy Share
I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
I was never told to "Get up, get out there, get a job." It was never a thing either parent ever said I had… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
There's no retirement, there's just a few years of non-work by the fire with someone bringing you some tea and relative peace and playing… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
![“Punk-rock gave music back to people. For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16 and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that. Me and [Minor Threat and Fugazi vocalist] Ian MacKaye would go…” quote by Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6e3/henry-rollins-170_arena_punk-rock-gave-music-back-to-people-for_1340442.png)
