I wasn't playing the music, the music was playing me... and once that went away, and I had the feeling I was playing music, I had to stop. The need to go onstage and get my brain flattened every night left me, and what I didn't wanna do is go onstage and perpetrate a fraud... You cannot fool an audience.
Henry RollinsFor me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed.
Henry RollinsThe material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you, including yourself.
Henry RollinsTo justify being listened to, I try to be as well informed as I can. Hence, the travel. Reading is good too. Reading gets you part way there, and I do read pretty voraciously for a guy who's trying to write so much.
Henry Rollins