I live my life by the numbers. Not only am I an American, I am an Americanist. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For myself, I can't understand a life without a job. I don't know what I would do without employment. Retirement is out… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“It's funny how people think that they have "a right to life". Now isn't that the biggest load you ever heard? You… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I would like to be able to gently drift in and out of existence when I wanted to. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In America, quite often, for people from a certain economic position two choices become very evident as to their adult life. One… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“There are so many hammocks to catch you if you fall, so many laws to keep you from experience. All these cities… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride. All you do is get to breathe and copulate and… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“You are beautiful like demolition. Just the thought of you draws my knuckles white. I don’t need a god. I have you… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
perfection. I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I've never been in a situation where I had to run for my life, but I've been bitten by a lot of… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
You are the untold story. You are the impassioned truth wanting to scream its existence, to be forever trapped by a strong… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities. In all of that, there is no spirituality… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“My main goal is to stay alive. To keep fooling myself into hanging around. To keep getting up every day. Right now… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. — 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
