Stuff Quotes by Henry Rollins

13 Stuff quotes by Henry Rollins

Rollins’ unapologetic intensity surfaces even when he talks about the simplest things. In these 13 blunt, energetic statements he cuts to the core of “stuff,” offering a no‑nonsense perspective that feels both personal and powerful.

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I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.

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All I can do is just do stuff while I am alive and hopefully that track record will speak for itself.

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As far as what people think of me, maybe my stuff should just be put online for free downloads when I'm gone.

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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a…

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I do a lot of stuff for free anyway. Like a lot of people who you see who don't need money. Mick…

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I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books,…

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I've never raped or killed anybody, or hurt a kid. I've done all the more inept, high-volume stuff - like, "Whoops, sorry…

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I think there will always be great new music and bands. As long as there's people around, there's going to be great…

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I am not a trained actor and am not near the top of anyone's want list. I go after what I am…

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I like it better that people aren't throwing stuff at my face and trying to fight me on stage. Like in the…

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There's a lot of stuff like that that American's don't know and since a lot of Americans don't have a passport, I'll…

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The perpetrators of the actual bad stuff that does real and lasting harm to people, like leakage of industrial chemicals into water…

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I slept in Uday Hussein's bed - that was just so strange. Went to Saddam's palace, was in a mortar attack -…

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I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention.

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Sleep is for squares.

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There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

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If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will…

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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…

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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,…

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

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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…

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Young, gay and stuck in Arkansas? Sounds like a horror flick.

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I was never told to "Get up, get out there, get a job." It was never a thing either parent ever said I had…

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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…

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I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.

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