Easy Quotes by Henry Rollins

14 Easy quotes by Henry Rollins

Rollins’ fourteen thoughts reveal a paradox: even the toughest voices can appreciate moments of calm, suggesting that ease is a hard‑won, valuable respite.

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Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.

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The easy solution isn't the solution, it's the problem.

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I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy.

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It's hard to keep your backbone straight in America. It's easy to turn into that which you hate, and to get smashed.

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When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the…

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Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who…

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Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and…

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When you're going into an employment environment that looks pretty scary, it is easy to lose your moral compass, your decency, your…

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It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy…

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I have a house, I try to spend as little time in it as possible. Not always easy on the mind and…

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I am afforded a bit of easy wonderment in relative comfort as to how humans have lasted so long. Climate- and geography-wise,…

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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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There are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as yours. You have to…

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There're some places that are more difficult or dangerous to navigate and I wouldn't look forward to going back. Like I'd much…

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If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will…

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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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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…

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I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.

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