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Henry Rollins Quotes - Page 17

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I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed,

I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power.

Hero, Unique, Hands

You want to meet a bunch of really friendly people? Go to a Slayer concert. There'll be some real psychos there, but most of those people will take care of each other.

Real, People, Friendly

I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.

People, Elements, Gigs

Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions.

Two, Perfect, Jazz

It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face.

Play, Guy, Friendly

You can still function as a living ruin.

Ruins, Function, Stills

if i was a woman these days, i'd be killing motherfuckers. my handgun would never cool and my hands would be covered in testicular blood. i would have a horrible reputation with a lot of men because i would be calling them on their weak bullshit left and right.

Men, Blood, Hands

"Solipsist". Book by Henry Rollins, 1998.

You don't make me feel like you used to. That's why I'm leaving That's why people leave each other They come to their senses and get selfish again.

Selfish, People, Leaving

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.

Meals, Levels, Cry

"One last thing ... Henry Rollins". Interview with Rich Pelley, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2010.

No time for drug addiction, no time for smoke or booze. Too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time to lose.

Strong, Addiction, Alcohol

Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.

Summer, Parent, Independence

Henry Rollins (1996). “Eye Scream”, 2 13 61

The tasks I set out for myself are what I do to beat the perfect pointlessness of life.

Perfect, Tasks, Beats

Discipline is money in the bank. A real friend, true strength.

Real, Real Friends, Discipline

Henry Rollins (1994). “Get in the Van”, 2 13 61

Sometimes you can get so far in yourself that you don't know who you are.

Self, Sometimes, Knows

Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.139, Villard

I have watched independent record stores evaporate all over America and Europe. That's why I go into as many as I can and buy records whenever possible. If we lose the independent record store, we lose big. Every time you buy your records at one of these places, it's a blow to the empire.

Independent, Blow, Europe

I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries like I do.

Country, Thinking, People

I'm pessimistic. I don't think that justice always gets the right person.

Thinking, Justice, Pessimistic

It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.

Achievement, Humanity, Brutality

The world’s a better place since I chose music. I like the physical aspect of it, the volume and the intensity of it. It’s loud and hard. I like all that because inside me I feel like screaming.

World, Intensity, Volume

There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand.

Beautiful, Australia, World

Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.

Creating, Care, Lasts

Texas is as odd as it is vast.

Texas, Odd

There's no such thing as an ex-junkie.

Junkie, Exes

America has 2.2 million of it's citizens incarcerated. It's a statistic we should be ashamed of.

America, Citizens, Should

Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes.

Brother, Democracy, Citizens United

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