Henry Rollins Quotes
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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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I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries like I do.
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I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.
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I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.'
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Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.
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No child asks to get born, so when they are here, they should be shielded from any possible horror.
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I'm pessimistic. I don't think that justice always gets the right person.
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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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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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As far as poetry, I don't know if I've ever written any. I've read a lot. I just write and it comes out in different forms and shapes. I don't know if I'm any good at it I just really go for it and I'm very prolific book wise only because I own the company. No one tells me 'no' around here.
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The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.
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I think the most "passionate" I get about actual humans are the ones I want to kill.
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I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.
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If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure outside of more music. It really is the best drug available.
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I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.
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I contribute a large amount of money to the Southern Poverty Law Center, so I'm on their mailing list for all their Klan Watch newsletters. I'm very well aware of White Power movements in America.
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It's hard to judge literary merit.
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And I laugh at myself when I screw things up, which happens all the time.
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What if Americans were all judged by the actions of the Bush administration and people did not know the truth? That America is full of people who are, at present, poorly represented and poorly catered to by the media.
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In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.
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Life is death in slow motion.
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Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul.
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As far as what people think of me, maybe my stuff should just be put online for free downloads when I'm gone.
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I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it.