Quotes from Henry Rollins

Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.

The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.

I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless.

Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come.

I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time.

Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.

There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.

'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.

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.

I never think of what it's going to be like later. I only think in the present tense. The only time I think backwards is when I have to reissue something.

For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.

I'm just a guy. I get treated like I'm famous but I don't take it seriously. I take the time people take out to check me out very, very seriously.

Nothing brings people together more, than mutual hatred.

My love runs deeper than the wounds.

There's got to be someone for me. It's not too much to ask. Just someone to be with. Someone to love. Someone to give everything to. Someone.

Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul.

I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.

If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if everyone who now has your music had actually bought your record.

There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed.

If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September 2001, that is a great thing. It is more likely, however, just a painful reminder of what was lost.

Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism.

Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet.