It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It's hard to keep your backbone straight in America. It's easy to turn into that which you hate, and to get smashed. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
America's foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan - which is leave. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think Americans suffer for their lack of travel, awareness of the world. It has horribly warped our sense of place in… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I live my life by the numbers. Not only am I an American, I am an Americanist. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
America is a rough room and you don't know what might come your way, so you have to be prepared for almost… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
What I'm saying is America has a job deficit because hundreds of thousands of jobs went elsewhere. Not because [Barack] Obama raised… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you're worried about what they will… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
George Zimmerman is a foot soldier in a rapidly privatizing country. He is a new centurion of 21st-century America. Law enforcement is… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In fact, every place I've been to in Africa has a nice part, but you see the downside. Calcutta , parts of… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I contribute a large amount of money to the Southern Poverty Law Center, so I'm on their mailing list for all their… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as yours. You have to… — 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
Barack Obama's administration responded to the Haitian crisis within 24 hours. Here comes the soldiers, here comes the food, go go go...… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to amass people in the streets. I just want them to be more aware. So many Americans, for one… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In America, quite often, for people from a certain economic position two choices become very evident as to their adult life. One… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I am a white guy in America with an education, albeit high school, but a pretty good one. Another guy from a… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Probably over half of America does not have a passport. If young people could spend two weeks of their life in India… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
You can say, "Well, I have a question," and someone will say, "Oh, so you hate America." And it has nothing to… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
America has 2.2 million of it's citizens incarcerated. It's a statistic we should be ashamed of... — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
We Americans are hard on almost everything. We are hard on our vehicles, our marriages and our heroes. Mostly, however, we are… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
All of the jobs have gone away to satisfy the stockholders, so that's where the economy has gone. These major multinational corporations… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think that Goldman Sachs and the Pentagon determine more of America's outcome then any president or any congress, that sounds a… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
What stands out to me in America was all the police vs. citizens turmoil. It's decades of bad policing, bad schooling, racism,… — 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
We're just very belligerent, and I'm not trying to put Americans down, by and large I think we're nice people, but we… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If an American company has a drop of patriotic blood coursing through its system, then surely it would set up in America… — 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 Image
In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Image
There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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