Henry Rollins Quotes
When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'
Quotes to Explore
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The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.
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When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an emotional illusion, I guess.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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I feel really lucky to get to do comedy, and music, at all. I want to do as much as I can.
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I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
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Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.
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If you want a strong society, it has to be inclusive. If you have to push a boulder up a hill, do you want 10 people or 100? If you weed out colour or gender, you get 10.
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If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me.
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My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals].
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I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now... its AFI-liner
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We can all be more consistently involved in missionary work by replacing our fear with real faith.
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I had so many unsold murder pictures lying around my room...I felt as if I were renting out a wing of the City Morgue.
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I really try to divorce myself from any thought of possible use of this stuff. That's part of the discipline. My only purpose while I'm working is to try to make interesting photographs, and what to do with them is another act - an alter consideration. Certainly while I'm working, I want them to be as useless as possible.
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I'm kind of horny, conventional methods of making love kind of bore me.
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My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.
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In the mini-series area, we are going to have a regular year-round, weekly presence on Encore of classic mini-series and a new mini-series that we are bringing. For the time being, I think the home of mini-series will be on Encore.
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There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched.
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It would be good if you opened your heart to the fullness of time and spirit.
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When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'
