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
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… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
My mother, a very eclectic listener, had the first Doors album and gave it to me when I expressed interest in the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Maybe some things are better left broken and scattered Veiled in darkness, secret bitterness and self-doubt I should have known better Than… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I recycle and try to be nice to the earth. But flora and fauna have always interested me, and it is because… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I look at pictures of you because I am afraid that you would notice me staring in real life. I looked at… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When I think of Mick Jagger still singing that he can't get any satisfaction in over forty years of being in the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out… — 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
More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Angeles band called The… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If you want to believe that humans walked with dinosaurs and the planet is a few thousand years old, that is absolutely… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa. — 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
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
Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The Wacken festival started more than 20 years ago with just a few hundred people in attendance. Tickets now sell out before… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Marriage equality is a term so ridiculous on its face that when you hear it mentioned, you would think you were in… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm usually busy - if you call me at the house, I get about four phone calls there a year - I'm… — 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
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
