Henry Rollins Quotes
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It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids.
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I love to go on stage and sing.
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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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Quite often governments are one way and the people are another.
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Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.
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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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I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.
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Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.
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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 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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I think as resources become more dear, we really need to consider population.
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The fact is that I am always thinking of something to build. A new book, radio show, plans for a trip somewhere. I am not a very happy person but I feel pretty even when I am working, so I guess that is how I am wired.
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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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It's good to be able to deal with it [anger] somehow other than drinking, fighting, crashing cars, hitting your kid, your wife, your husband, your whatever. Paintbrushes, pens, movie cameras, guitars, microphones, typewriters -- these are good things. Weights. These are positive ways, good ways to deal with anger, frustration, alienation, rage. 'Cause all the other ways do nothing but hurt people.
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I think Americans suffer for their lack of travel, awareness of the world. It has horribly warped our sense of place in the scheme of things.
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I used to love you I still do So Selfish I love the old you The you that didnt shoot drugs ...The you that didnt get beat on by men You laugh in my face and call me a fool But its true I still love you Sometimes,I can see the old you When your eyes flash When you almost look alive
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I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.
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Change is hard, but change is good.
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Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States.
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Gay people don't have a personality problem. They have a problem with small-minded motherfuckers who can't conquer a 1-inch high curb.
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Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.
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The ones who don't do anything are always the ones who try to pull you down.
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I'm a professional food eater.
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Sometimes you can get so far in yourself that you don't know who you are.