Henry Rollins quotes

“Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.”

— Henry Rollins

“I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it.”

— Henry Rollins

“I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.”

— Henry Rollins

“There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.”

— Henry Rollins

“There's no such thing as an ex-junkie.”

— Henry Rollins

“But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.”

— Henry Rollins

“I'm very boring.”

— Henry Rollins

“I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet.”

— 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.”

— Henry Rollins

“I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.”

— Henry Rollins

“I was a very repressed young person. I wasn't good at school. I didn't fit in.”

— Henry Rollins

“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

“Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby.”

— 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.”

— Henry Rollins

“I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.”

— 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.”

— Henry Rollins

“I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are.”

— Henry Rollins

“I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.”

— Henry Rollins

“I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore.”

— Henry Rollins

“I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.”

— Henry Rollins

“I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.”

— Henry Rollins

“I'd like to talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'cause I live in California and I just want to see that canned, chemical filled body in my office.”

— Henry Rollins

“The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.”

— Henry Rollins

“After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.”

— Henry Rollins

“And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever.”

— Henry Rollins

“August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.”

— Henry Rollins

“Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me.”

— 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.”

— Henry Rollins

“Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.”

— Henry Rollins

“I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.”

— Henry Rollins