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Henry Rollins Quotes - Page 22

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I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.

I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.

Independent, Thinking, Path

I think more airtime should be given to Donald Trump and Orly Taitz. They should run for office together. They should open for Charlie Sheen.

Running, Thinking, Office

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.

Rights, Movement, Jazz

I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent.

Country, Years, Haiti

Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come.

Spring, Preparation, Heat

I try to get myself up and moving as early as possible. Optimum is to be on the treadmill while it is still dark outside.

Moving, Dark, Trying

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

Pride, Trying, Might

I hate painting with a broad brush, but I think the birther thing, at its root, is racist. The guy was born in Hawaii. A black guy is president. It's cool. Get over it. Just deal with it. There's nothing you could show these birther people that would shut them up.

Hate, Thinking, Roots

Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician.

Musician, Brilliant, Drummer

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.

Dream, Cbgb, Missing

The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.

Song, Rocks, Together

The only thing worse than the Pastor Terry Jones scheduled Koran burning is the fact that he canceled the proposed event.

Past, Facts, Events

'Fox News' will one day come to an end. Led Zeppelin will not. It's as simple as that.

Simple, One Day, News

I got three letters today telling me that I'm god. Why can't I pay the rent?

Three, Letters, Pay

Henry Rollins (1992). “Black Coffee Blues”

I feel pain everyday of my life. When you see me perform, it's that pain you're seeing coming out. I put all my emotions, all my feelings, and my body on the line. People hurt me, I hurt myself - mentally, physically

Hurt, Pain, People

I am well protected Too locked up Inside myself To get free

Locked Up, Wells, Protected

No magic. I do believe you might have taken it all with you when you went away.

Believe, Taken, Magic

I contribute a large amount of money to the Southern Poverty Law Center, so I'm on their mailing list for all their Klan Watch newsletters. I'm very well aware of White Power movements in America.

Law, White, America

I hate it when men go to strip bars. It lowers the rest of us that know if a man has to pay to see a woman naked, he is a loser and probably should get weeded out.

Hate, Men, Naked

Somewhere, someone isn’t impressed by your looks. Not all men jump through the hoops of your fire. You’re unbelievably boring to more people than you’ll ever know.

Men, Fire, People

You’ll never know that just sitting across a room full of people, I have transformed you into a goddess. A destroyer of despair.

People, Despair, Sitting

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.

Past, Gold, Paint

If I was gay, there’d be no closet. You’d never see the closet I came out of. Why? I would have burned it for kindling by the time I was twelve! Because I know, with all certainty in my mind, there’s nothing wrong with being gay and you know it! And there’s nothing wrong with being into chicks if you’re a girl. And there’s nothing wrong with being into all of it…. How awesome would it be to be bisexual? To just walk into a room and go ‘MMMM, ALRIGHT!!!!’

Girl, Gay, Bisexual

I see walking bombs on the street Hearts not beating, but ticking

Heart, Bombs, Streets

Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.10, Villard

Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth living were spent with you. Not you especially, the collective you.

Touching, Moments, Collectives

"Solipsist". Book by Henry Rollins, 1998.

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