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
Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure… — 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
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
You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether… — 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
Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types… — 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 don't want to play old music. To me, it is fighting battles that are already over and calling yourself a warrior.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think there will always be great new music and bands. As long as there's people around, there's going to be great… — 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
“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
The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Bono actually gets a lot of substantial work done. The guy really does put a lot of things together and, while I'm… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Other music exists to heal wounds; but the tango when sung and played is for the purpose of opening them, for the… — 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
Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly… — 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
I would hate to think that some people have found themselves in a musical cul-de-sac and have ceased to explore new music,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Everyone should have the right to go off and do their music or do their books. The people who are in the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as there's… — 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
The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
To burn a CDR of music you like to give as a gift to someone you wish to become closer to is… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
While I have not ruled out the possibility of doing music, what I don't want to do is go onstage and perform… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For me the music is not so much anger as much as it is of passion. And I've always associated that kind… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Punk-rock gave music back to people. For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I… — 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
“If you have an idea of what you want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic… — 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
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
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
![“Punk-rock gave music back to people. For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16 and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that. Me and [Minor Threat and Fugazi vocalist] Ian MacKaye would go…” quote by Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e3/henry-rollins-170_arena_punk-rock-gave-music-back-to-people-for_1340442.jpg)
