Music Quotes by Henry Rollins

I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy.

— Henry Rollins

Songs sung under duress are often very powerful.

— Henry Rollins

The world's a better place since I chose music.

— Henry Rollins

Some music really does suck!

— Henry Rollins

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

— Henry Rollins

Live music is the cure for what ails ya.

— Henry Rollins

For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.

— Henry Rollins

Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound.

— Henry Rollins

I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.

— Henry Rollins

Music keeps you young. Having music in your life keeps you open to things.

— Henry Rollins

I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.

— Henry Rollins

I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.

— Henry Rollins

In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song.

— Henry Rollins

Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.

— Henry Rollins

Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the…

— Henry Rollins

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

If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be…

— Henry Rollins

I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space…

— Henry Rollins

Other music exists to heal wounds; but the tango when sung and played is for the purpose of opening them, for the…

— Henry Rollins

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

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

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

The visceral nature of hard rock music, the fact that you can have this sledge hammering sound - and that you can…

— Henry Rollins

To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I…

— Henry Rollins

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

As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote…

— Henry Rollins

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

The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can…

— Henry Rollins

“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

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

My feelings for you shame me into silence. The truth of this and your name will never be revealed. It is you…

— Henry Rollins

I walk the straight lines. I walk through the summer nights. I walk the silver rope of dreams. I walk through dawns…

— Henry Rollins

There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.

— Henry Rollins

Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music.

— Henry Rollins

A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.

— Henry Rollins

Music files and downloading have indeed changed the currency of music to a great degree.

— Henry Rollins

Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.

— Henry Rollins

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

One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise.

— Henry Rollins

Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.

— Henry Rollins