Audience Quotes by Henry Rollins

10 Audience quotes by Henry Rollins

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Rollins brings his raw energy to the question of who’s watching, turning the audience into a mirror for authenticity. These ten lines deliver his unfiltered voice, making the relationship between speaker and crowd feel immediate and urgent.

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I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.

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I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back.

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I don't really think about the audience much. I think of myself. Let me dig myself out of that one.

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Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch.

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It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer…

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If I think of the audience too much, then I'm going to start catering to them...and it turns into entertainment. And I've…

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Not that the writers weren't good. I believe in those books and those writers very much. It's just that in the climate…

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Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.

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I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers,…

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I wasn't playing the music, the music was playing me... and once that went away, and I had the feeling I was…

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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…

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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,…

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I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.

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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…

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Young, gay and stuck in Arkansas? Sounds like a horror flick.

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I was never told to "Get up, get out there, get a job." It was never a thing either parent ever said I had…

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I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.

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