3 December 2020 Henry Rollins Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins Everyone who knows me knows that I’m a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I’m on the set, but I don’t take myself seriously as an actor.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins I’m 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I’d also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people – I don’t want to judge it or anything – but it’s not for me. It would destroy my creativity.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins I’ve made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don’t go out and party. I don’t smoke, drink or do drugs and I’m not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn’t worth the time and effort.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins When people hold you in high esteem, it’s very delicate relationship. When they meet you they’re putting all their chips up. It’s make or break.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins I don’t mind The Boss. I think he’s an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I’ve met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins 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.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins Don’t do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity.
3 December 2020 Henry Rollins So I’m more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It’s weird being here. It feels like I’m standing next to my real life.
