This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“I was listening to the radio the other day in California and one of our songs came on and I jumped because… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it's an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Other music exists to heal wounds; but the tango when sung and played is for the purpose of opening them, for the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Whenever I write lyrics, in the back of my mind I always see a guy driving to work, driving to a really… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
As you do with any band you're in, you get to know everyone too well all too soon. When you're crammed into… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If a slave were to raise his voice to his master, he risked all manner of punishment. Yet what was possible in… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The music kind of takes care of itself because we've done all that as preproduction in the practice room. So by the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
As so much music is listened to via MP3 download, many will never experience the joy of analog playback, and for them,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I have watched independent record stores evaporate all over America and Europe. That's why I go into as many as I can… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I have a lot of compact discs. I need them for radio play and convenience. Many bands and artists I am a… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Seven-11 is the pulse-beat of America. I think that Bruce Springsteen should do a song about a 7-11 in Asbury Park, New… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I do a lot of stuff for free anyway. Like a lot of people who you see who don't need money. Mick… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you meet a musician you are a fan of, and he or she isn't the friendliest person, you walk away… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
'SMiLE' is perhaps the Beach Boys' most legendary album. It was recorded in 1966 and 1967 but only saw a formal release… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Black Sabbath - one of the world's universal language of music. I felt proud, for three or four minutes of my life… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't know if music has ever achieved anything past appealing to the people that it appeals to. If a song could… — 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
