There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.

I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much.

I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran.

Creativity requires a lot of pass/fail/start again and it is often hard on the psyche.

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.

For me the music is not so much anger as much as it is of passion. And I've always associated that kind of intense emotional output with music just because the nature of the music that's attracted me as far as live.

You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.