I like the idea of someone else’s love safely sealed in a song or a book. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
But can a song stop a war? If Bob Marley and Bob Dylan couldn't do it, it can't be done. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. — 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
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
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
“I was listening to the radio the other day in California and one of our songs came on and I jumped because… — 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
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
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 get a lot of shit because I put "I" in the lyrics all the time. The "I" is always for someone… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it's an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I do a lot of stuff for free anyway. Like a lot of people who you see who don't need money. Mick… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling… — 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
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
Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Seven-11 is the pulse-beat of America. I think that Bruce Springsteen should do a song about a 7-11 in Asbury Park, New… — 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
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
