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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
“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
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'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
It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If a slave were to raise his voice to his master, he risked all manner of punishment. Yet what was possible in… — 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
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
Black Sabbath - one of the world's universal language of music. I felt proud, for three or four minutes of my life… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you meet a musician you are a fan of, and he or she isn't the friendliest person, you walk away… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I can't imagine being sixty years of age and playing music I wrote when I was in my twenties. I would rather… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've… — 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… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the… — 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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The music kind of takes care of itself because we've done all that as preproduction in the practice room. So by the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of… — 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 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
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 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
