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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I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

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Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

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Florida is a crazy place, and I have played some of the wildest shows of my life here.

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I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become strange. Loud noises become louder and more startling, famili...

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The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully.

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I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.

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If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.

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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?

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Music keeps you young. Having music in your life keeps you open to things.

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War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times.

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Of course same sex marriage is constitutional! The right to be yourself, to pursue life, liberty, and property, is protected several ways over several amendments. John Boehner should know this.

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To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money.

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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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I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.

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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.

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Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.

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Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.

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The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.

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I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.

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And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever.

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I'd love to talk to Janeane Garafalo or Randi Rhodes or Stephanie Miller from Air America. I'm an Air American junkie; I listen to them every day.

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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