Way Quotes by Henry Rollins

A great way to learn about your country is to leave it.

— Henry Rollins

Respect is not a one way street

— Henry Rollins

I am very ambitious in a way, in that I'm not trying to be the richest guy or whatever. I just really…

— Henry Rollins

It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking.

— Henry Rollins

America is a rough room and you don't know what might come your way, so you have to be prepared for almost…

— Henry Rollins

Quite often governments are one way and the people are another.

— Henry Rollins

I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I…

— Henry Rollins

The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a…

— Henry Rollins

There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.

— Henry Rollins

When I read that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had disappeared - a state-of-the-art Boeing 777, said to be an incredibly safe way…

— Henry Rollins

If you have an idea of what you want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic…

— Henry Rollins

If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock…

— Henry Rollins

There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust…

— Henry Rollins

Some soldier will say, 'You know, sir, you and I have some political disagreements, but I'm glad you came all the way…

— Henry Rollins

There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true…

— 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

I think we are in fact, losing free speech. We don't seem to care though. Many of us don't seem to notice.…

— Henry Rollins

There're some places that are more difficult or dangerous to navigate and I wouldn't look forward to going back. Like I'd much…

— Henry Rollins

You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with…

— Henry Rollins

It's good to be able to deal with it [anger] somehow other than drinking, fighting, crashing cars, hitting your kid, your wife,…

— Henry Rollins

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

Youths write me and tell me that their band will go nowhere because of all the bad bands in the world. I…

— Henry Rollins

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

I'm not a young man, and I can find intensity in a lot of different ways, sometimes without even raising my voice.…

— Henry Rollins

I was happy to find out that when on tour, Dolly Parton doesn't use hotels but stays on her bus every night,…

— Henry Rollins

You can get what you want. Never sell out. Don't break. Don't weaken. Don't let the kindness of strangers be your salvation,…

— Henry Rollins

When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any…

— Henry Rollins

Watching a documentary with people hacking their way through some polar wasteland is merely a visual. Actually trying to deal with cold…

— Henry Rollins

When Black Flag and DOA and all those bands were touring in the early 80s, it was kind of a forest and…

— Henry Rollins

I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific…

— Henry Rollins

To justify being listened to, I try to be as well informed as I can. Hence, the travel. Reading is good too.…

— Henry Rollins

I have no pride about anything I have done. It's just not the way I think about things. I do the work,…

— Henry Rollins

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets…

— Henry Rollins

There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes…

— Henry Rollins

So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but…

— Henry Rollins

I am primarily a loner. I don't go to clubs. I don't hang out with people. I don't know many people. It's…

— Henry Rollins

Spending time in Calcutta [India] really did a number on me. The way life and death are almost the same thing, the…

— Henry Rollins

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

I don't know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film 'Annie Hall,' but it is, in a way, to Los…

— Henry Rollins

I see violence in myself; I've done some pretty violent things in my lifetime and I've been around some pretty severe violence…

— Henry Rollins