Henry Rollins Quotes
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If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.'
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Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.
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I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.
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I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.
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I think that America certainly has racism, I think that any industrialized country does. But when you see how many million fans Barack Obama has who are not black, it would lead one to the conclusion that millions of Americans are in fact not burdened by the albatross of racism.
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I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool.
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Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?
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It's hard for me to sympathize with a young person who chooses to go into the military because they know where they're going. I think we need to start depopulating the military.
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I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.
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I'm usually busy - if you call me at the house, I get about four phone calls there a year - I'm usually running around the house with a pen in my mouth holding onto something, folding it, or doing something to it, and it's always a bad time.
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Keep walking. Hot night right now, right here. All you have is what you are. All you want is much too much. All you get is so much less. All you feel is nothing. All you see is darkness. All you know is senseless and all you can do about it is ride.
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The easy solution isn't the solution, it's the problem.
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If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if everyone who now has your music had actually bought your record.
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Florida is a crazy place, and I have played some of the wildest shows of my life here.
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I'm always looking upwards and looking forwards and so when someone says, "Hey, would you consider a TV show?" I say, "Hell yeah, I'll consider that. I'll check that out."
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I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White men are afraid of you. White women are afraid of you. The cops hate you. The government wants you dead. Your own people want to shoot you for what you got. You just can't get over it. And even if you are able to get over it you're forced to do it on the white guy's terms.
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I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself.
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People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole. I see them move from their offices to their cars and on to their suburban homes. They stress out constantly, they lose sleep, they eat badly. And they behave badly. Their egos run wild; they become motivated by that which will eventually give them a massive stroke. They need the Iron Mind.
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Don’t think about it. Do it. Don’t talk about it. Do it.
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My love runs deeper than the wounds.
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When you put yourself in environments that continually test you, that's where all the good stories come from. That's where the jokes come from is from the shitty parts.
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You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.
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I want to meet a woman that will make me stop and listen to what she has to say. I want a woman who will make my jaw drop in awe. A woman that has little time for me. One who does not throw herself at me. One who respects herself who has a sense of herself. Where is she
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Human beings should not be reduced to a state to where they almost get into a fight over a small bar of soap.