Henry Rollins Quotes And Sayings

I Think It's Important To Have Some Documentation Of The Past.

Questioning Anything And Everything, To Me, Is Punk Rock.

For Many Years, I Tried To Make New Year's Resolutions. I Made Lists And Shot For Great Heights: I Would Show Altruism And Exert Moral Strength, Patience And All Those Other Great Attributes.

If You Paid Americans A Living Wage, They Would Be Able To Pay For Products Made By Americans In America.

If Some Band Sucks, You're Going To Have To Find Out About It For Yourself, Because I Don't Have The Interest In Issuing Warnings.

I Just Get Things Done Instead Of Talking About Getting Them Done. I Don't Go Out And Party. I Don't Smoke, Drink Or Do Drugs And I'm Not Married, That Leaves A Lot Of Time For My Work.

So, One Way Or Another, I Found Myself In A Few Movies. I Take It Seriously When I'm On The Set, But I Don't Take Myself Seriously As An Actor.

Being An Artist Is Dragging Your Innermost Feelings Out, Giving A Piece Of Yourself, No Matter In Which Art Form, In Which Medium.

What I Don't Want To Do Is Go Out There And Not Be Able To Mean It, You Know?

Nothing Brings People Together More, Then Mutual Hatred.

Why Do You Think The Old Stories Tell Of Men Who Set Out On Great Journeys To Impress The Gods? Because Trying To Impress People Just Isn't Worth The Time And Effort.

Yes, I Guess You Could Say I Am A Loner, But I Feel More Lonely In A Crowed Room With Boring People Than I Feel On My Own.

When You Start To Doubt Yourself The Real World Will Eat You Alive.

I'm Not Interested In Censorship. I Like The First Amendment Very Much.

And I Laugh At Myself When I Screw Things Up, Which Happens All The Time.

There's A Lot Of Mountain Climbers Trapped Inside Of Bodies Of People Behind The Counter At Kinko's.

Maybe I'm Ego-tripping, But I Don't Find Myself A Particularly Horrible Person, So I Don't Think I Need To Hold Back Anything I Think Or Feel.

The World's A Better Place Since I Chose Music.

I Know I Was A Generic Dysfunctional Child, But I Think A Lot Of People Are.

Most Poets Are Elitist Dregs More Concerned With Proving Their Skill With A Dictionary Than Communicating Ideas With Impact.

Collecting Records Is, For Many, Beyond A Hobby.

War Is Very Sad And Small Life Is Pathetically Fragile At Times.

To This Day, My Haircut Is The Number Two Clippers, Which I Apply To Myself Every Month.

I'm Not In A Position Where I Get To Pick And Choose Roles. I Usually Go On Auditions In Long Lines And Embarrass Myself In Front Of Casting Directors, And With A Lump In My Throat And My Ears Burning, I Walk Past Reception And Smirking Actors As I Go To The Parking Garage And Go Back On The Highway.

To Me, Getting Muscular Was The First Thing I Ever Achieved By Working At It, And It Was A Game Changer For Me, Because It Was The First Time I Ever Had Confidence.

Every Summer, Around Late July And Into August, I Find Myself In Europe, Performing At Any Festival That Will Have Me.

I Think Young People Should Travel And Travel Often To Other Countries... Like I Do.

All My Big Heroes Are Literary, Writers.

For A Long Time, When I Was Very Young, I Went To Go See Arena Rock Bands. I Was 16, And It Was All I Could Get In To See, Legally. And I Saw Led Zeppelin And Ted Nugent And Van Halen And All That.

I Would Like Go To Palestine And Interview People There About What Their Lives Are Like; Same Thing In Iran.

If You Listen To 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' By Gil Scott-heron, That Album Is Dripping With Rage.

I'm Not Into Fame. I'm Not Into Making Money, Outside Of Financing My Books. I'm Not Into Status. My Thing Is Basically About Time - Not Wasting It.

When You Are Young, There Is So Much Ahead Of You, It's Like The Saharan Desert. You Can't Even See Across It.

I'd Love To Talk To Janeane Garafalo Or Randi Rhodes Or Stephanie Miller From Air America. I'm An Air American Junkie; I Listen To Them Every Day.

Miles Davis Would Have This Lineup Of All These Amazing Musicians And One Day Would Just Say, 'We're Done.' After Tons Of Great Records And Tickets Sold, He Said, 'Now I'm Going To Grow My Hair Out And Play My Horn Through A Wah-wah Pedal.' Rather Than Play It Safe, He Went On.

I'm Pessimistic. I Don't Think That Justice Always Gets The Right Person.

I Wonder How Colin Powell Sleeps At Night. I Would Like To Have A Word With Him Because He Lied. He Lied. He Lied To Me. He Lied To My Face Through The Camera At The U.n.

I Was In Pakistan In Islamabad When Bhutto Was Assassinated, And The Next Day, You Know, There's Just Plumes Of Smoke Everywhere. I Mean, Islamabad Is On Fire.

I'd Like To Talk To Sean Hannity In A Controlled Environment And Say, 'O.k., You Can't Interrupt And Jump Up And Down Like A Professional Wrestler.'

I've Never Heard Daft Punk; I've Never Heard A Track Of Theirs In My Life. They're The Two Guys With Motorcycle Helmets On?

I Think The U.k. Is An Amazing Place And Has Been Extremely Good To Me. Some Of My Favorite And Most-listened-to Bands Are From England. I Have Met Many Good People There And Have Been In Front Of Some Of The Most Loyal Audiences I Have Ever Encountered.

I've Been On 'Jay Leno,' And Everyone Likes Jay, But Being On That Show Is A Really Boring Afternoon. I Sincerely Like Jay, But I Wouldn't Want His Job, Because I'd Have To Interview Kathy Ireland, And There's Nothing There I'd Want To Know.

The Truth Is An Anti-war Statement In Itself.

I Don't Have A Crystal Ball, But I'm Willing To Bet One Of My Arms Right Now That As Long As There's Electricity, Ramones Music Is Going To Be Relevant.

It's Why Real Men Just Go Out In The Woods And Howl. I Must Do It And Get Paid.

We're At Peak Oil, Peak Water, Peak Resources, And So Either We Figure It Out And Let Science Lead Or We Head Down A Very Bad, Dark Trail To Where A Lot Of People Aren't Going To Make It.

Let's Pretend My Career In Music Is A Bell. Whether You Like My Music Or Not Is Up To You. But You've Got To Admit I Rang That Bell Pretty Hard And Pretty Often.

I Like Boring Black And White Films With Subtitles. I'm Basically A Drip.

I'm Disappointed By Bands Left And Right, Every Day.

If I'm Jetlagging, And I've Missed Some Meals, And It Gets To That Point In A Movie That You're Supposed To Cry, I'll Let My Defences Down From Around My Inherent Standing Level Of Cynicism, And I'll Cry.