August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Music files and downloading have indeed changed the currency of music to a great degree. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting… — 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
In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I once asked Ozzy Osbourne, truly one of my favorite people in the world, if he was cool with singing Black Sabbath… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when… — 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
I wonder if it is Australia's great distance from more populated land masses that allows its inhabitants to be left to their… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Youths write me and tell me that their band will go nowhere because of all the bad bands in the world. I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Angeles band called The… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a… — 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
For me, Memphis has always been a city that holds a great deal of meaning and also leads me to a lot… — 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
Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think, to a great degree, we humans still divide ourselves into two species, even though we are monotypic. There are males… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September… — 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
