The only safety is in the middle of total misunderstanding and deception. Henry Rollins More Quotes by Henry Rollins More Quotes From Henry Rollins For me the music is not so much anger as much as it is of passion. And I've always associated that kind of intense emotional output with music just because the nature of the music that's attracted me as far as live. Henry Rollins passion emotional kind Look, it's a monster. He's walking alone. Look, he's pulling something out of his pocket. He threw it on the ground. Let's go see what it is. It's a black box. You open it... ok... Look, it's sorrow, misery and pain. It's loneliness and longing. Boy, he'll be sorry he lost these. Henry Rollins pain loneliness sorry Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely. Henry Rollins modern-music modern would-be There's tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time. Henry Rollins three mind people I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view. Henry Rollins views stuff writing I think of the thrill of an intelligent woman talking just to me. Henry Rollins intelligent talking thinking You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with their lives. They don't know what they do. They are careless with themselves and they take too much for granted. They make their shortcomings your problem. The only way to keep your head above it and heal your wounds is to crawl away. Henry Rollins too-much problem way I'm not a singer. If you've heard any of my records, that's not singing. I have no vocal qualities whatsoever. I've got a lot of enthusisam and I go to the cross, but there's no skill going on there. It's more just intuitiveness. Henry Rollins singing quality skills 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. Henry Rollins summer winter men Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day. Henry Rollins goodnight good-night disappointment I don't get a lot of choices in movies. It's not like I'm Brad Pitt and I can walk in and go here's the film I want to do and everyone runs around... I don't have that. I stand in line and do auditions. I'm there with 80 other guys trying to be that guy. Every once in awhile I luck out. Henry Rollins guy choices running I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear. Henry Rollins blame skills trying The rich survive and everyone else gets ready to work 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 jobs and what do you get? Blade Runner. Welcome to your science fiction. Your 21st century. I think that's where it goes. The rich get richer and everyone else... the middle class kind of starts dropping lower and lower. Henry Rollins class jobs thinking I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things. Henry Rollins mellow stills thinking Creativity requires a lot of pass/fail/start again and it is often hard on the psyche. Henry Rollins hard creativity failing 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. Henry Rollins journey men thinking Anyone who wants to help me doesn't. Anyone who wants to kill me might. Anyone who wants to love me better not. Henry Rollins want helping might If you're crazy enough to put your hat into the ring of speculation and punditry, you're going to get some turbulence. But if it's coming from some journalist with a comfortable degree of body fat, I'm not losing any sleep over it. Henry Rollins degrees crazy sleep Politics is a thing that I follow because it determines what is going on in my country, but I vote and deal with politicians with a great degree of jaundiced eye. Henry Rollins degrees eye country When she comes She pulls you close She breathes in short bursts Her eyes close Her head tilts back Her mouth opens slightly Her thighs turn to steel, and then melt She is perfect And you feel like you are everything. Henry Rollins steel eye perfect
