Henry Rollins Quotes
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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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I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.
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I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative.
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I have built my life to pursue the new. I don't have family, don't know many people and I am usually ready to leave within an hour.
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The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.
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I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail.
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He said that hate makes the world go round People are afraid of what they really want They make enemies of all the things that they would like to be They condition themselves to not embrace what they are Love is a clinging nausea I tried to disagree with him It was no use I never saw a more honest look in anyone's eyes.
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I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in that kind of joyous fashion.
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An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.
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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'm not a young man, and I can find intensity in a lot of different ways, sometimes without even raising my voice. When I was younger, it was all about how I need three extra sets of lungs to get enough wind to get out the thing at the screaming level I need to, because that's the way it needs to be. Now, I see that there's a whole lot of other colors on the palette.
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When you're very young, images that you upload into your very young mind tend to stay with you.
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I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time.
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It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face.
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'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.
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Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.
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Travelling as extensively as I do... the take away for me has made me very humble and very sympathetic to other people's plight in the world and very desirous of being proactive in being part of a solution somehow and not part of a problem. It's made me very patient and very grateful for where I live.
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People will remember that the Tea Party was co-opted and funded by billion-dollar corporations, and that it was supported by Fox News and other outlets with the same vigor with which they attempt to denigrate the Occupy protesters.
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I'm not a conservative or a republican but I know that there's conservative republicans who I probably vigorously disagree with but I also am smart enough, or something enough, to understand that they really think that they're right, and they're looking at me like I'm crazy.
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Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I might, there is only so much I am able to achieve on this front.
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Love beyond the damage.
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I believe in North, South, East, West, The seasons, life and death, geography. That which is provable, absolute and most of all, functional. I believe in things that can kill me.
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Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.
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I'm a recognizable person and some people feel the need for some reason to take me to task. You're really messing with the wrong person on that one.