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Henry Rollins Quotes - Page 14

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Politics is a thing that I follow because it determines what is going on in my country, but I vote and deal with politicians with a great degree of jaundiced eye.

Politics is a thing that I follow because it determines what is going on in my country, but I vote and deal with politicians with a great degree of jaundiced eye.

Country, Eye, Degrees

Source: lithiummagazine.com

If you're crazy enough to put your hat into the ring of speculation and punditry, you're going to get some turbulence. But if it's coming from some journalist with a comfortable degree of body fat, I'm not losing any sleep over it.

Crazy, Sleep, Degrees

Source: www.guernicamag.com

I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.

Thinking, Mellow, Stills

Anyone who wants to help me doesn't. Anyone who wants to kill me might. Anyone who wants to love me better not.

Want, Might, Helping

Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.259, Villard

Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the time, the only difference in the album is the matrix number or a different 'made in' notation on the back cover or label. This is enough to make some people extremely excited. Actually, much more than excited.

Differences, Numbers, People

"The Column! Are You Collector Scum?" by Henry Rollins, www.laweekly.com. January 19, 2012.

Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey!

Australia, Band, Release

I'd like to be a better writer, but I have no dreams to direct or do a screenplay. And I'd love to have a big starring role in a movie because the paycheck would be bigger. That's the only reason I do films.

Dream, Would Be, Roles

I don't consider myself an actor, for me it's employment. Like the actor who's a waiter a lot, I'm an actor when I'm not on tour, in that that's a job I can do.

Jobs, Employment, Actors

I am not a trained actor and am not near the top of anyone's want list. I go after what I am offered, if I am so inclined. Now and then, I get offers for things that are not to my liking, in that I just don't care about the story. All this super tough guy stuff isn't anything that interests me all that much. I can't think of anything I turned down that I regret.

Regret, Thinking, Guy

Source: www.chicagotribune.com

It's difficult for me to be around anyone for longer than an hour. Love, death, elation, sorrow, I just don't care all that much about any of it. I am at this point, more of an observer/journalist.

Sorrow, Elation, Care

Source: paulsemel.com

I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.

Book, Want, Documentaries

Source: eluxemagazine.com

Quite often people will get an animal which is probably not a good idea for them to have. They get it out of enthusiasm, there is a genuine interest, but sometimes they're not exactly prepared for what they're getting themselves into.

Animal, Ideas, People

"Henry Rollins and a Whole Lot of Snakes". Interview with Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. April 29, 2011.

The only thing about sanctions is that, like a lot of drone strikes, there are countless unintended victims. Cutting off aid to Uganda only increases the pain there.

Pain, Cutting, Uganda

Americans have been dumbed down to the point where more people watching 'American Idol' than listen to the state of the union address. And that's too bad. I'm not trying to take any bread out of the mouth of Simon Cowell, but if the president is speaking to the people of the United States, and people are going to watch 'American Idol,' that's sad.

Idols, People, Trying

I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us.

Oxygen, Firsts, Realizing

Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.

Thinking, Expression, Hot

In fact, every place I've been to in Africa has a nice part, but you see the downside. Calcutta , parts of Central and South America , I've seen a lot of dead bodies and a lot of sad poverty and just obliteration.

Nice, America, Body

When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.

World, Found, Effects

Source: www.guernicamag.com

We are misery-making machines! Homo sapiens has perfected the art of causing suffering. Pain is humankind's collective GDP.

Art, Pain, Gdp

"Pain and Gain" by Henry Rollins, www.laweekly.com. March 6, 2014.

When I am in Africa, I always have the feeling that it's where everything started. When I am in New York, I know it is where everything ended up.

New York, Feelings, Knows

I'd defend myself. But I don't go around shoving people around; that's not me at all - that's for a cop. I'm not into that type of behavior at all.

People, Cop, Behavior

Source: oustedproductions.net

Once you say something, it stays said. I apologized to anyone who may have been hurt by what I said, and I really meant it. I am absolutely not interested in hurting anyone, or being mean or insensitive.

Hurt, Mean, May

I slept in Uday Hussein's bed - that was just so strange. Went to Saddam's palace, was in a mortar attack - crazy stuff. And like three days later you're back in traffic on Sunset Boulevard. It's all kind of behind you, which is kind of perfect for a guy like me because I can take that and turn it into quite the tale.

Crazy, Sunset, Perfect

Whether I will be remembered at all, I really don't get to choose, unless I shoot someone famous. It's not really anything I have much control over.

Remembered

Interview with Danny Stygion, www.sinicalmagazine.com. October 1, 2011.

I like the sound of my voice, doesn't mean it's any good but I like it. The joke is that "all good singers like the sound of their own voice" so we'll go with that.

Mean, Voice, Sound

"Henry Rollins -- Recountdown Tour 2008 Update". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 28, 2008.

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