I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it.
Henry RollinsRarely do I do film press because I'm so low on the food chain of the movie, and for me it's just this thing I did for four weeks before the next tour started.
Henry RollinsI don't need music for the good times. I don't have that kind of need. Music doesn't serve me like that.
Henry RollinsThere is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.
Henry RollinsI've been in Iraq, and it never occurred to me to go, 'Hey, this war is bogus,' to some guy who's 24 hours a day trying not to get shot at or blown up.
Henry RollinsYou can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.
Henry RollinsWeakness is what brings ignorance, cheapness, racism, homophobia, desperation, cruelty, brutality, all these things that will keep a society chained to the ground, one foot nailed to the floor.
Henry RollinsThe perpetrators of the actual bad stuff that does real and lasting harm to people, like leakage of industrial chemicals into water systems, seem to get not so much as a second glance; the bloviation from media pundits and think tanks creates false problems that waste time and energy debunking.
Henry RollinsMusic files and downloading have indeed changed the currency of music to a great degree.
Henry RollinsI'm a big fan of the American Tapes label. But that's very hard to keep a grip on that because you blink your eyes and they've released three records, all of which are limited edition, all sold at one show. So you have to follow in drips and drops on eBay, which I do.
Henry RollinsI get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave.
Henry RollinsSomeone like Ashlee Simpson, she lip-synchs on 'Saturday Night Live,' gets totally called out la Milli Vanilli, and no one really cares that much. It doesn't make me hate Ashlee; she's just taking instructions.
Henry RollinsIf I was gay, there’d be no closet. You’d never see the closet I came out of. Why? I would have burned it for kindling by the time I was twelve! Because I know, with all certainty in my mind, there’s nothing wrong with being gay and you know it! And there’s nothing wrong with being into chicks if you’re a girl. And there’s nothing wrong with being into all of it…. How awesome would it be to be bisexual? To just walk into a room and go ‘MMMM, ALRIGHT!!!!’
Henry RollinsThis sounds really corny, but I am a slave to my work, a workaholic, and glad of it. I like what I do; this is my place, my little universe, one of them.
Henry RollinsFor myself, I can't understand a life without a job. I don't know what I would do without employment. Retirement is out of the question for me.
Henry RollinsWith writing, there are multiple drafts. On stage, there is one take. I do a lot of preparation for shows, so, for the most part, what you hear me say is pretty much what I wanted to get at.
Henry Rollinsits no surprise to me that anyone hardly tells the truth about how they feel. The smart ones keep to themselves for good reason. Why would you want to tell anyone anything that's dear to you? Even when you like them and want nothing more than to be closer to them? It's so painful to be next to someone you feel so strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to.
Henry RollinsI'm not harmful, just introspective. You can probably think I'm weird, but it's not harmful weird.
Henry RollinsThe Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.
Henry RollinsThere's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.
Henry RollinsSmart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.
Henry RollinsWhat you do for yourself is one thing. What you do for others is something else entirely.
Henry RollinsIf you are a kid in Beverly Hills, (I am not putting down people who live in Beverly Hills) if that kid knows private school and a credit card... you can't say the kid is taking life for granted. He is taking the life that was given to him.
Henry RollinsThe first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture.
Henry RollinsI get a lot of shit because I put "I" in the lyrics all the time. The "I" is always for someone else... When I say "I," it's so that when that person is singing along with the song, it empowers them.
Henry RollinsWe Americans look funny when we're in France because we don't travel, we are fairly un-cultured whereas Europeans go to Africa all the time because it's right there.
Henry RollinsThis is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles.
Henry RollinsI have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent.
Henry RollinsBefore any American points a finger at President Putin and calls him nasty names, they should recognize that a lot of Americans agree with Putin on his stance against homosexual and transgender people.
Henry RollinsThere is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand.
Henry RollinsI 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.
Henry RollinsI've never been in a situation where I had to run for my life, but I've been bitten by a lot of poisonous snakes where it was fairly painful. Pythons of size have a lot of teeth in that mouth, it's a painful bite and those wounds get infected fairly easily. I've got snake wounds from these animals that have lasted quite a while where it'll ache for several days. Having said that, I've been lucky; it's not like I'm looking for trouble with these animals either. It's not an envelope I'm willing to push.
Henry RollinsI used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics
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