I was raised in Washington, DC, very violent place. I grew up with violence. My introduction to music was violent. The years… — 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 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
If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The lowest stress environment is the radio show. I am not on camera and I can let the music do the talking.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I am ready for whatever's coming. I expect nothing but to be let down or turned away. I am alone. Goddamn. The… — 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
As so much music is listened to via MP3 download, many will never experience the joy of analog playback, and for them,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't know if music has ever achieved anything past appealing to the people that it appeals to. If a song could… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't need music for the good times. I don't have that kind of need. Music doesn't serve me like that. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first… — 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
I wasn't playing the music, the music was playing me... and once that went away, and I had the feeling I was… — 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
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
Bands have always written songs against what they see as wrong. Ronald Reagan really made for a lot of songs. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“For some there is no music No lights No fire No untamed madness that breathes life There is work Anguish Frustration Rage… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Why is there so much meaningless, waste of time music out there these days? I'm no snob. I know I'm right about… — 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
A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere. — 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
