Quotes by Henry Rollins

About Henry Rollins:

Henry Rollins is an American musician, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, television and radio host, spoken word artist, comedian, and activist. Rollins hosts a weekly radio show on KCRW. He is also a regular columnist for LA Weekly and Rolling Stone Australia.
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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.

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Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.

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Trayvon Martin did not need to die.

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I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what the word 'assassinated' meant.

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When I am in Africa, I realize I don't know much, have not seen much, and there's a lot to be done.

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When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it.

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As the middle class is predated upon with an ever greater malicious intensity, their children stand to lose more and harder than their parents ever did.

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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.

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I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the pract...

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Try driving the streets of Los Angeles without seeing a billboard depicting a film with a lead actor holding a gun. It's almost as if guns are harmless props used to bring out the cheekbones and jawline of the screen star.

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Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet.

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I used to love you I still do So Selfish I love the old you The you that didnt shoot drugs ...The you that didnt get beat on by men You laugh in my face and call me a fool But its true I still love you Sometimes,I can see the old you When your eyes f...

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For some there is no music No lights No fire No untamed madness that breathes life There is work Anguish Frustration Rage Despair A dullness that rings like wooden thunder

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At some point they show their true colors After the break up After the trial After the contract is signed and broken Their true colors stink These days I find it hard to get along with them I want to push them until the colors come out And sometimes ...

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When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

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In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks.

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I am ready for whatever's coming. I expect nothing but to be let down or turned away. I am alone. Goddamn. The shit hurts sometimes, but I realize what I am, what I have become.

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Everything you do makes my body scream with loneliness. When I see you, the room swallows me. I find myself at the bottom of the pool.

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Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but i feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people then i feel on my owm.

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I have found a way to beat myself I win by losing, something like that I'm told that I'm stupid So ok, I'll be stupid If I can't register the pain Then it's not there I'm not so stupid after all I'll show them

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It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted.

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Author Bio

  • NameHenry Rollins
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • BornFebruary 13, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Actor; Writer; Musician; Blogger; Songwriter; Human Rights Activist