Quotes from Henry Rollins

If it's a man's world, as they say, then men: your world is a poorly run carnage fest.

Why is there so much meaningless, waste of time music out there these days? I'm no snob. I know I'm right about this. You can sell a lot of people a lot of crap but you can't sell it to me. Finding a good band to listen to these days is harder than ever. When one comes along, it's such a surprise when it didn't used to be. It's a surprise I could use a lot more of.

I was at this guy's house. I met this girl who was hanging out there. She was real pretty, she had brown eyes and dark hair. She was soft-spoken and real nice. I know that everyone has their own life and they can do what they want and you shouldn't think anything of it or anything. But man, I couldn't help but flinch a little when I saw all those needle marks in her arm, they looked so sore. Hateful little holes. I wanted to say something, but I didn't.

Florida Highway, 1986. Lonely slum. I passed through on low wheels. It was hot outside. Shacks, gas stations that didn't work, dead corn in fields, children on the road, retarded and dulled by the heat. Two girls waved as I passed.

I want to be that which overcomes itself Listening to them makes me weak and small I watch them go out and fuck each other They tell me that I'm crazy The years scar me I don't want a smooth ride I want the crushing wheel

I want a soul mate who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me ten things I don't already know, and make me laugh. I don't care what you look like, just turn me on.

I've said it before and I say it again: "A man's got to do what a brainless idiot's got to do.

The power of depression is undeniable When I'm in its grip I don't remember ever feeling any other way

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

I don't have talent, I have tenacity; I have discipline; I have focus. And I know without any illusion where I come from and what I can go back to.

I wear my sunglasses. Keeps you on one side and me on the other.

My love runs deeper than the wounds I inflict upon myself, deeper than the sweat that pours from my body. My love runs deeper than the tears that roll down my face. My hate runs deeper than the wounds I inflict upon myself, deeper than the sweat that pours from my body. My hate runs deeper than the tears that roll down my face.

She can break your fall Or let you fall and break And every time you jump You just know she's going to catch you

In my world there would be as many libraries as there are Starbucks.

Zappa warned you of the threat of mediocrity in music.

Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. That it comes from the body and the mind. And the heart. - from "The Iron

In the place of the things I have denied myself, I have things that mean more to me than sex, fun and happiness ever could.

You try to find a special person Someone you can be with Someone you can touch Someone you can talk to Someone you won't feel so strange around You found that they don't really exist

Will I ever meet someone That will take the bitter taste from my mouth? I am loneliness I wish I had someone to miss

People that you thought were your friends give you shit about working hard. All I know is that we play hard and a lot of this shit is not fun. Playing is great but the way we live is not the life of a rockstar.

There's a small part of my heart that's always sad Part of me that walks with a slow aching step Forever longing The beauty of that To be forever longing Too much joy makes the time pass too quickly A bit of sadness slows things down so you can see it

Life is full of choices, if you have the guts to go for it. That's why I get immediately bored with anyone's complaining about how boring their life is, or how bad their town is. Fucking leave and go somewhere else. Or don't.

I learned that you can get away with a lot of shit if you just do it like it's all you knew how to do.

I want to be in love with a woman One who loved me One who could show me I could trust her One who could show me That I didn't have to be on my guard all the time