Henry Rollins Quotes And Sayings

If I'm In L.a. For Longer Than 20 Days, I'm Looking For Work, Because I Don't Do Vacations.

I Love Being A Storyteller. I Love Telling Stories.

The Idea That Any Performer Type Is Owed Anything Is A Joke To Me.

I Read A Bit Of Ray Bradbury When I Was A Younger Man. I Don't Read A Lot Of Fiction Anymore... Like, None.

Sometimes The Truth Hurts. And Sometimes It Feels Real Good.

At Times, I Feel America Is Something That I Can Actually Put My Arms Around, More Than A Land Mass And A Constitution, Something Far More Containable And Understandable. I Don't Exactly Know What It Is, But At These Times I Feel Completely Woven Into It.

This Is My 25th Year Of Being On Stage. A Lot Of People Who I Kind Of Toed Up To The Starting Line With Are No Longer In This Position. I Feel Very, Very Lucky.

I Need To Do Things On My Own, Need To Be Left Alone.

I Can't Remember That I Ever Had Just A Minute Of Stage Fright.

I Love To Go On Stage And Sing.

There's No Rule That You Have To Like Henry Rollins The Musician Or The Actor.

I Guess, Topic To Topic, You Could Consider Me A Left-leaning Person.

I'm Not Artistic Nor Am I All That Creative.

I Have Not The Smarts Or Patience For Political Office.

If I Had To Perform In A Comedy Club I Would Bomb; I Would Be Trying Too Hard.

I Don't Want To Fail The Audience. I Don't Want To Let Them Down.

Keep Your Blood Clean, Your Body Lean, And Your Mind Sharp.

I Want To Learn More About The World. It Makes Me Want To Get Up And Go.

When The Movie Comes Out, What Anybody Thinks Of It Doesn't Really Matter To Me. I Don't Go To The Wrap Party. I Don't Go To The Premiere.

If I Hear, 'Be Afraid Of Tehran,' I'm Like, 'I'd Better Go To Tehran.'

I'm Not A Very Good Writer. I'm Working At It.

I Don't Cuss In Songs. It's Too Easy.

This Is My Own Little Rock Theory: In My Mind, Nirvana Slayed The Hair Bands. They Shot The Top Off The Poodles.

As A Young Person, I Was On The Road Playing Music, So I Was Getting New Environments Shoved In My Face Whether I Wanted Them Or Not.

I Would Like To Become A Better Photographer. I'm Working On That.

Anything In This Culture That Stands Still Long Enough Eventually Becomes Okay If A Person Can Derive An Income From It. Eventually, Pay-per-view Public Execution Will Happen, And It Will Be Half-time Entertainment.

I Still Have Dreams About Cbgb's. I Still Miss The Place.

I Never Thought About Getting Any Tattoos Removed.

I'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.

I Was At The First Minor Threat Show, And You Could Tell, 'This Band Is Going To Be The King Of The Town.' It Was Obvious. They Were So Good.

Even Though I Am Not Hungry When I Get Up, I Try To Eat To Get Me Ready For The Day. Within An Hour Of Getting Up.

I Thought I Was Gonna Be In The Minimum-wage Working World All My Life.

Seven-11 Is The Pulse-beat Of America. I Think That Bruce Springsteen Should Do A Song About A 7-11 In Asbury Park, New Jersey, But Write It In Such A Way That American's Youth Can Identify And Slurp Along With The Boss. Hail The Boss! Hail 7-11!

With A Book, There's No Volume To Turn Up. You're Very Naked With A Book.

No One Should Die When They're 50.

Everything I Do, Writing, Touring, Travelling, It All Comes From The Punk And Hardcore Attitude, From That Expression - From Being Open To Try Things But Relying On Yourself, Taking What You Have Into The Battle And Making Of It What You Will, Hoping You Can Figure It Out As You Go. Make Some Sense Of It.

I'm A Big Germs Fan; Most People Are.

I'm Of The Opinion That The Democrats Have The Ideas I Agree With More Often Than Not. Reenergizing The Middle Class And Giving People A Break.

We Know That In September, We Will Wander Through The Warm Winds Of Summer's Wreckage. We Will Welcome Summer's Ghost.

Fish Is The Only Kind Of Respirating Thing That I Consume. Everything Else I Don't Want Any Part Of.

Russia Is Tough. The History, The Land, The People - Brutal.

Every Politician, Every President Gets Votes By Getting People That Don't Like Him To Like Him. That's Why Politicians Are Slippery: Because They Talk Out Of Both Sides Of Their Mouth.

Chris Christie Is New Jersey's Concern, Not America's.

America Sold Vx Nerve Gas And Anthrax To Iraq For Years, Even After The Halabja Gas Attack, Which Killed Thousands Of Kurds.

I Have Had A Number Of Less-than-enviable Moments In My Life When Dealing With Other People. I Won't Attempt To Blunt That By Saying I Am Not The Only One.

I Think Perry Ferrell Put Independent Music On A Very Good Path With Lollapalooza.

Trayvon Martin Did Not Need To Die.

Could It Be That Violence Is As Much A Part Of The American Identity As The Constitution, And A Vital Component To Its Economic Stability?

Luckily For Me, I Genuinely Like My Audience. They Really Are A Good Bunch.

The 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.