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 Copy Share Image
It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
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 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
I think a lot of Americans have never been all that hungry. They've never had war on their shore, and they've never… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To justify being listened to, I try to be as well informed as I can. Hence, the travel. Reading is good too.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When Black Flag and DOA and all those bands were touring in the early 80s, it was kind of a forest and… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Watching a documentary with people hacking their way through some polar wasteland is merely a visual. Actually trying to deal with cold… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Spending time in Calcutta [India] really did a number on me. The way life and death are almost the same thing, the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I like the idea of going out with a woman and not doing anything, and just eating dinner and talking, and that's… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way… — 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
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