Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States. Henry Rollins More Quotes by Henry Rollins More Quotes From Henry Rollins Most of the time when I have met artists who have meant a lot to me, the experience has been well above expectation. People like Iggy, Lou Reed, Jerry Lee Lewis, Black Sabbath, Nick Cave, Hubert Selby Jr, Billy Gibbons, Al Pacino, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, Johnny Cash etc. have been really great to me. What strikes me is most of the time, the bigger the celeb/legend, the more polite and cool they are. It's the insecure ones who treat you like they're doing you a favor by shaking your hand. Henry Rollins insecure artist hands I think there will always be great new music and bands. As long as there's people around, there's going to be great music. I think there's bands like Wolf Eyes, Q & Not U, the Evens and many others that are doing great stuff. The music that doesn't please you, you just don't listen. No one makes me listen to Nickelback, so long may they wave. Henry Rollins eye long thinking After... The seas have dried out The trains have come to a shrieking holt The hounds of the abyss cease to howl The prisons have closed their doors The pigs have no one to arrest except themselves The drugs no longer have an effect When it's all over All I'll remember is you Henry Rollins sea doors pigs Just understand that the end began long ago We got here just in time Look All the squares in the sidewalks were already there All these strangers have more money than you do All the good riffs have been taken And everyone is so scared Murder is commonplace I don't even flinch at the gunshots outside my window I feel lonely without them Henry Rollins squares lonely taken Keep walking. Hot night right now, right here. All you have is what you are. All you want is much too much. All you get is so much less. All you feel is nothing. All you see is darkness. All you know is senseless and all you can do about it is ride. Henry Rollins darkness hot night My love is a thousand French poets puking black blood on your Cure CD collection. Henry Rollins cds love-is blood I could fall in love with a cruel desert that kills without passion, a canyon full of scorpions, one thousand blinding arctic storms, a century sealed in a cave, a river of molten salt flowing down my throat. But never with you. Henry Rollins falling-in-love passion rivers A man came up to me the other day and said he hadn't had a bite in weeks. So you know what I did? I walked by him like he didn't even exist. Henry Rollins week said men I'm terrified of motorcycles. I've been on one a couple of times. I did not like it. Henry Rollins terrified motorcycle couple Please don't think that I am one of those squishy types who can't handle reality. I have plenty of real-world things to deal with all the time. I have deadlines, meetings, I answer the phone, I get turned down, I wait in lines and am forced to pass for normal all the time. Henry Rollins phones real thinking I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none. Henry Rollins rays men fiction I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories. Henry Rollins telling-stories stories love-is The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me. Henry Rollins type performers ideas America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice. Henry Rollins patriotic sacrifice country We Californians can watch the Weather Channel for images of winter's brutality unleashed upon our fellow Americans and thank our lucky stars we don't have to contend with it. Henry Rollins stars winter weather To see change in your own area code is very powerful. There's a little orphanage down the street from my company, and we donate $1 from the sale of each CD we sell to the orphanage. Henry Rollins cds powerful littles 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 heartbreaking writing trying I'm of the opinion that the Democrats have the ideas I agree with more often than not. Reenergizing the middle class and giving people a break. Henry Rollins class people ideas Rarely do I do film press because I'm so low on the food chain of the movie, and for me it's just this thing I did for four weeks before the next tour started. Henry Rollins next four film The best compliment I get every year is that a band will write me and say, 'We were just on tour, and we had people coming to our show saying they had never heard us before they heard us on your show.' Henry Rollins writing people years
