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Henry Rollins Quotes - Page 20

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The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.

The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.

Distance, Band, Bad Seed

"How We Met". Interview with Nicholas Barber, The Independent, March 23, 1997.

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

Young

If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.'

Rocks, Watches, Band

It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something.

Difficult

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

Done, Realizing, Knows

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

Country, People, Looks

You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.

Gun, Safe, Want

What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience.

New York, Sound, Doe

In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground.

Summer, Years, Broken

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.

Comedian, Buffets, Helping

"I’m Lovin’ It" by Henry Rollins, www.vanityfair.com. July 14, 2010.

More and more, journalism seems to have hopped out of Truth's pocket and crept into another.

Pockets, Journalism, Seems

Young, gay and stuck in Arkansas? Sounds like a horror flick.

Gay, Sound, Arkansas

Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States.

Moving, United States, States

Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's.

America, Jersey, Concern

I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation.

Anticipation, Deals

Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?

Identity, Violence, Constitution

The prison-industrial complex and the military-industrial complex are here with us and are multi-billion dollar enterprises. We can make more money off the kid in Compton if he's a criminal instead of a scholar. It's business.

Military, Kids, Criminals

I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.'

Reading, Play, California

Fish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of.

Want, Kind, Fishes

My first visit to West Berlin was in February 1983. The drive through East Berlin, the fact that West Berlin was surrounded by a wall that was more than 100 miles long - the absurdity and intensity of it really knocked me out.

Wall, East Berlin, Long

I have been restless for as long as I can remember.

Long, Remember, Restless

I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.

Black And White, Film, Boring

I never had any interest in being involved with the Boy Scouts.

Boys, Boy Scout, Interest

A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.

Want, Passports, Want To Travel

"America, Meet the Rest of the World" by Henry Rollins, bigthink.com. 2017.

Change is hard, but change is good.

Change Is Good, Change Is Hard, Hard

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