Henry Rollins Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over the world happening in basements, small venues and even some festivals. Often blown off or belittled by critics, the form for the most part goes unheard and unnoticed.”

“I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as winter tightens its grip.”

“When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.”

“The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.”

“Youths write me and tell me that their band will go nowhere because of all the bad bands in the world. I tell them there has always been awful music and that no great band ever wasted any time complaining, they just got it done. Their ropey ranting is just a way to get out of the hard work of making music that will do some lasting damage.”

“Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.”

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

“Now, if someone wants to spit on me, I just roll up the window of my BMW 540i.”

“The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can be tied to songs to such a degree that it's almost unbearable to listen to them again, as they bring back the memories so vividly.”

“Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock.”