Henry Rollins quotes - page 22

The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time. (Henry Rollins)

I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.

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People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in disbelief that he was a man who walked the earth and not merely some fiction writer's creation.

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Sometimes when you meet a musician you are a fan of, and he or she isn't the friendliest person, you walk away from the experience wondering if you will ever be able to listen to their music again.

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Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.

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I'm most comfortable on stage.

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I'd like to talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'cause I live in California and I just want to see that canned, chemical filled body in my office.

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I was a very repressed young person. I wasn't good at school. I didn't fit in.

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If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.'

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If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations.

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There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other. (Henry Rollins)

Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.

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I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.

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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.

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I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy.

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I would like to become a better photographer. I'm working on that.

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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.

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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?

Henry Rollins

In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the cafe you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that.

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I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.

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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. (Henry Rollins)

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.

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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.

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I'm disappointed by bands left and right, every day.

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I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave.

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Henry Rollins

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Photo: Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0

Occupation: American Musician
Born: February 13, 1961
Quotes count: 559
Wikipedia: Henry Rollins

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