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Henry Rollins
American
Musician
Born:
Feb 13
,
1961
Me
Music
People
Think
Time
You
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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.
Henry Rollins
Music
Memories
Insanity
Degree
Back
Unbearable
Entire
Vividly
Pursuit
Songs
Almost
Crushing
Ecstatic
Tied
Listen
Romantic
Again
Victories
Them
Enhanced
Bring
Defeats
I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.
Henry Rollins
Feeling
Own
Pain
Think
I Think
Mine
About
Only
Like
Personal
The Only Thing
Meaning
Meaning Of
Really
Your
Thing
Belongs
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.
Henry Rollins
Business
Money
Criminal
Kid
Complex
Enterprises
More
Scholar
He
Instead
Make
Dollar
Off
Us
Military-Industrial
Here
The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.
Henry Rollins
Spite
Because
Exist
America
Arts
Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.
Henry Rollins
Love
Parents
Kids
Unconditionally
Support
Stop
Them
Full
Who
Need
There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.
Henry Rollins
Me
You
Doing The Right Thing
Looking
Other
Right Thing
Out
Always
Doing
Very
Going
Being
The Right Thing
Each
Activism
Right
Thing
Need
My motto is, 'Never quit.'
Henry Rollins
My Motto
Never
Never Quit
Motto
Quit
I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one.
Henry Rollins
Life
Saying
People
My Life
Other
Only
Attempt
Had
Dealing
Am
Blunt
Moments
Number
One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it's an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You like the song because you just do, and there need not be any further criticism.
Henry Rollins
You
Song
Criticism
Judgment
Snobbery
Nice
Musical
Further
Favorite
About
Unconditional
Truce
Like
Because
Any
Just
Pop
Pop Song
Nice Things
Things
Need
As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.
Henry Rollins
Truth
Me
Long
Tell
I Feel
Touch
Feel
Nobody
If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.
Henry Rollins
Life
Me
Thought
My Life
Live
Others
Would
Had
Anticipation
Get
Done
Little
The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.
Henry Rollins
First
Out
Van
Van Halen
Johnny
He
Hairdresser
Halen
Makes
Still
Really
Rotten
Album
My unconditional sure thing is that I don't have one.
Henry Rollins
Unconditional
Sure
Sure Thing
Thing
I once asked Ozzy Osbourne, truly one of my favorite people in the world, if he was cool with singing Black Sabbath songs year after year, whether he was performing with Black Sabbath or out on a solo tour. He said it was great.
Henry Rollins
Great
People
World
Black
Singing
Year
Once
Favorite
Out
Solo
Favorite People
Black Sabbath
Sabbath
Tour
Songs
He
Performing
Said
Truly
Ozzy
After
Whether
Asked
Cool
I'm pessimistic. I don't think that justice always gets the right person.
Henry Rollins
Justice
Right Person
Think
Always
Person
Gets
Pessimistic
Right
This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.
Henry Rollins
People
Year
Stage
Kind
I Feel
Feel
Longer
Line
Lot
Up
Very
Being
Who
Lucky
Starting
Position
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.
Henry Rollins
Myself
Dark
Try
Possible
Outside
Still
Up
Optimum
Get
While
Moving
Treadmill
Early
As a young person growing up in Washington, D.C., summers were hot, humid and relentless. My friends and I grew more restless and adventurous with every passing year.
Henry Rollins
Year
Young
Every
Summers
Relentless
Restless
More
Hot
Adventurous
Passing
Were
Up
Friends
Person
Grew
Young Person
Washington
Growing
Growing Up
For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16, and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that.
Henry Rollins
Time
Long
Long Time
Young
Saw
Van
Van Halen
See
Arena
Could
Halen
Rock
Rock Bands
Go
Led
Led Zeppelin
Very
Bands
Get
Legally
Zeppelin
Ted
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.
Henry Rollins
Me
Change
Cute
Nice
Think
Trees
Others
Embracing
Something
Poems
Only
Only Difference
Between
Difference
Being
Little
Being Nice
Cards
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.
Henry Rollins
Myself
Seriously
Few
Way
One-Way
Take
Another
Movies
Found
Actor
Set
I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.
Henry Rollins
Love
Telling
I Love
Being
Stories
Storyteller
I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy.
Henry Rollins
Too
Easy
Songs
Cuss
If you listen to 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' by Gil Scott-Heron, that album is dripping with rage.
Henry Rollins
You
Will
Revolution
Rage
Televised
Dripping
Listen
Album
If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations.
Henry Rollins
Work
Looking
Longer
Days
Because
Than
Vacations
Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.
Henry Rollins
Music
You
Try
Will
Band
Write
Well
Heartbreaking
Trying
Going
Happening
Keep
Ever
Hardest
Things
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