If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations. Henry Rollins More Quotes by Henry Rollins More Quotes From Henry Rollins There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand. Henry Rollins australiabeautifulworld I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave. Henry Rollins really-cooldragwells Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphoric, emerging from planes, their journey at an end, and the determined, about to depart. Henry Rollins airportscitiesjourney While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline. Henry Rollins civilizationbelievefather As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious Henry Rollins miserablemay Death metal uses a lot of white face paint and black hair dye to make its point. I quite enjoy this genre for its intensity, extremism and underlying irony: You have to be alive to play it and listen to it. Henry Rollins whiteplayhair Texas is as odd as it is vast. Henry Rollins oddtexas I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself. Henry Rollins endure If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back. Henry Rollins mosquitoeslinesthinking The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time. Henry Rollins writingopportunitylong I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries like I do. Henry Rollins countrypeoplethinking If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America. Henry Rollins would-bepayamerica To my ears, jazz sounds better in warm weather and after the sun has gone down. While I will listen to some of my favorite jazz records in cooler weather, it's the warmer nights that really make them come alive. Something about those sounds and the heat of the night really makes it happen for me. Henry Rollins soundweathernight The tasks I set out for myself are what I do to beat the perfect pointlessness of life. Henry Rollins beatstasksperfect Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.' Henry Rollins gayfootballwrestling Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter. Henry Rollins differentidentitymatter I'd love to talk to Janeane Garafalo or Randi Rhodes or Stephanie Miller from Air America. I'm an Air American junkie; I listen to them every day. Henry Rollins junkieairamerica Anywhere you hang yourself is home. Henry Rollins home I'm pessimistic. I don't think that justice always gets the right person. Henry Rollins pessimisticjusticethinking I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation. Henry Rollins degradationjealouspride
