Henry Rollins Quotes
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In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song.
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If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard.
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The only safety is in the middle of total misunderstanding and deception.
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Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me.
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In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground.
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Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.
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I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call to greatness. But when dealing with the Iron, one must be careful to interpret the pain correctly. Most injuries involving the Iron come from ego. I once spent a few weeks lifting weight that my body wasn’t ready for and spent a few months not picking up anything heavier than a fork. Try to lift what you’re not prepared to and the Iron will teach you a little lesson in restraint and self-control.
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A great way to learn about your country is to leave it.
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I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.
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Fish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of.
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Help me to withstand your beauty as it stands out of reach. Give me the capacity to forget ever having felt your touch.
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For me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed.
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For many, an album is no longer a considerable feat of an artist but just sounds to be half-listened to while one is halfheartedly engaged in something else.
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As a young person growing up in Washington, D.C., summers were hot, humid and relentless. My friends and I grew more restless and adventurous with every passing year.
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I just write what I think is good and keep it at a thousand words.
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I've got a knife and I want to talk to you I've got a prayer and I want to carve it to you I've got no chance, that's why I'm looking to you O Lord, ride with me
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I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly colored wrapping paper.
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Life is a hurdle and you'll never clear it. Death is the end of the ride and you fear it.
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It's not lost on me that everyone dies, but some people have a kind of immortality about them, and you can't imagine that they will ever be gone.
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When was the last time you wanted to say it all to the right person To have it all come out right, to surprise yourself at how together you could be. When was the last time you ever met someone who made you want to give it all to them I mean give yourself to them. Where you couldn't express yourself enough - like you wanted to cut off one of your arms to be understood. That's it - you would cut your head off to have someone understand you. You know how pointless that one is. You know how many times you've smashed yourself to bits on the rocks.
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For me, speaking to anyone - on a stage, in an elevator - I am looking for impact and connection. The same goes for writing.
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No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.
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If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.'
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One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise.