I wasn't playing the music, the music was playing me... and once that went away, and I had the feeling I was… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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… — 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
Not that the writers weren't good. I believe in those books and those writers very much. It's just that in the climate… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't really think about the audience much. I think of myself. Let me dig myself out of that one. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back. — 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
