Creativity requires a lot of pass/fail/start again and it is often hard on the psyche. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Youth is fleeting and life is short, you might as well strike hard. Anything else is just average. — 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
I don't get a rush from anything. I did music as hard as I could. Acting for me at least, is a… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
We humans are hard to deal with. We are a loud, complex and demanding bunch. Often, we are best dealt with from… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If the truth is told how I want to be remembered... as someone who cared. Someone who worked really hard and someone… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Almost all human who can form a sentence will eventually let you in on the fact that their lives are very difficult… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to sympathize with a young person who chooses to go into the military because they know where they're… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of the American Tapes label. But that's very hard to keep a grip on that because you blink… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music,… — 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
The visceral nature of hard rock music, the fact that you can have this sledge hammering sound - and that you can… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“They’re all over me I smell their beer breath mixed with my sweat I can’t answer all the questions, I can barely… — 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
Stockholders are used to a certain kind of global capitalism. This version is very hard on the environment and very hard on… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I have no pride about anything I have done. It's just not the way I think about things. I do the work,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It has been hard to get my head around how Justice Antonin Scalia rationalizes his decisions. His body blow to the Voting… — 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
Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The world’s a better place since I chose music. I like the physical aspect of it, the volume and the intensity of… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Entertainment's hard on the ego. I see why actors are so psycho now. Because there's so much 'we don't want you' going… — 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
