Life is a hurdle and you'll never clear it. Death is the end of the ride and you fear it. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got? — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Love is self deception. I am a living creature. Hate is only self love. I am a double feature. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The tasks I set out for myself are what I do to beat the perfect pointlessness of life. — 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
Youth is fleeting and life is short, you might as well strike hard. Anything else is just average. — 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
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
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
“I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of the… — 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
One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as… — 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
No time for drug addiction, no time for smoke or booze. Too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Desperation is the secret to my steady employment. I am not interested in downtime. I really like to keep working all the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm always looking, people are always presenting and I have found that every year of my life there's been great bands. All… — 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
I do my best to limit the amount of compromise in my life so I have more time to do what I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Probably over half of America does not have a passport. If young people could spend two weeks of their life in India… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Too sick and freaked out not to want a bullet for every passer by, too sick and freaked out to breathe, too… — 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
I look at pictures of you because I am afraid that you would notice me staring in real life. I looked at… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Is there anything here I can call my own? A feeling? A moment? Anything? Will there ever be a time when I… — 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
Life forgets me but will not let me forget Holds me down and tells me that I'm free. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Florida is a crazy place, and I have played some of the wildest shows of my life here. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
We are occupants. No one has any lasting purchase on life or on the planet. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I live my life by the numbers. Not only am I an American, I am an Americanist. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I work pretty much every day. I can't really separate it from life, so I guess the work is my life. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Spending time in Calcutta [India] really did a number on me. The way life and death are almost the same thing, the… — 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
Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than… — 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
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
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