Henry Rollins Quotes
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If you're crazy enough to put your hat into the ring of speculation and punditry, you're going to get some turbulence. But if it's coming from some journalist with a comfortable degree of body fat, I'm not losing any sleep over it.
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I would hate to think that some people have found themselves in a musical cul-de-sac and have ceased to explore new music, or at least music that is new to them, because they are so glued to the past.
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Trayvon Martin did not need to die.
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I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time.
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We humans are hard to deal with. We are a loud, complex and demanding bunch. Often, we are best dealt with from a safe distance and for only brief periods of time. This could be why a lot of marriages fail.
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I'm of the opinion that the Democrats have the ideas I agree with more often than not. Reenergizing the middle class and giving people a break.
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With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.
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If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.
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So many Americans, for one reason or another, they watch the news and it doesn't really give them the idea of the world. Or they don't read or travel. They have no idea that America is part of the world and not the world itself.
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Before any American points a finger at President Putin and calls him nasty names, they should recognize that a lot of Americans agree with Putin on his stance against homosexual and transgender people.
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I think it's fantastic when the young enrage their elders. I really do believe that if it's too loud, you are indeed too old, and that if it has been standing for too long, it needs a thorough inspection.
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I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.
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While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within.
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Creativity requires a lot of pass/fail/start again and it is often hard on the psyche.
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As a young person, I wanted everyone to agree with me.
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I am always interested in an opportunity to learn something.
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My favorite species to study would be Cobras and King Cobras which are two different families. They're very intelligent, and they're beautiful looking animals. Where they come from are countries and regions which I spend a lot of time in - South East Asia and India, those are places I go to fairly often, and so the cobras are my main interest. It's not a snake I can maintain, but when I see them in zoos and what not, I find them interesting.
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If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.
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As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not.
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I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities.
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I don't hate people - not remotely other than they make you crazy in traffic, but as I get older I kind of see more and more why people do what they do.
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I don't really have any women in my life, actually those two - the women in my life are two married women who work at my office.
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I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.
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Discipline is money in the bank. A real friend, true strength.