Quotes from Henry Rollins

It is you who are the basket cases. For every moment you hated your job, cursed your wife and sold yourself to a dream that you didn't even conceive. For the times your soul screamed yes and you said no. For all of that. Your self torture.

Don't touch me I'll feel too good I'll fall apart The only thing holding me together is my pain

I need to know what you think of me so I can form an opinion about myself.

look at the phone thinking about calling out there There's no one to call Just voices Other worlds Sometimes I feel so thrown down So used up and vacant That I have to let time pass me by

There are a few things that are mine. I see this now. Like today, sitting in this diner. This time is mine. These thoughts are mine. Memories are mine. I don't own much. It's nice to know that there are some things that no one will be able to take from me.

Don't take candy from strangers unless you're willing to take a ride in the car.

Not enough samurai in the world today. Just a bunch of assholes running wild with much too much freedom." Henry Rollins, from his book Solipsist.

If I could I would melt into your arms I would fall like ten dead languages I would not front I would not lie to you I don't think I could lie anymore I have grown too old for such youthful pursuits I want to love someone before I die Hurry It won't be long now

They smile They will hurt you Turn inside Your only friend is inside They will cut your heart

There are nights where I cannot sleep They happen all the time In these periods, I don't want to exist Wouldn't it be nice to be no one right now? When I'm lying there, I always think of two things Sex and suicide Wouldn't it be nice to be no one right now? Sometimes I lie there and hope that I'll die right then

Music makes life possible.

I lie on my side I wonder how much pain and horror can be contained In one human mind I turn on the light All I can think about is going somewhere

Sometime later near dawn I fall asleep I get up and go out there Go through the motions Trying to look like someone Who's alive Inside I'm screaming all the time Every day dealing with the many shades of horror There's nothing anyone can say to me Nothing anyone can do

He shuffled into middle-age silently and without protest.

Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.

One morning, he woke up and all he could think of was that he had been destroyed by his parents and it was too late to change. They had taken him like a con man takes a drunk sailor. He had believed too much. It was the grind that finally got to him.

There will be no real life There will be the alcohol circus

You hide your fear and call it something else You're addicted to all the things that make you weak

Stay away from people They'll slow you down and break your heart

It's hard to change adults. They are going to do what they are going to do.

A man drove himself insane He was driven Insane At least he was driven I don't know about you But it sure seems better Than just sitting around talking about it

Now shut the fuck up and watch some MTV.

My heart is making a dull, drumming sound and I'm thinking that my life is a waiting game and I'm sinkin' all the while.

My mind and I had a meeting, and we came to the conclusion that you're going to let us down. We are here every minute of the day getting ready for the let down. So when you push me away, I'll just say ok, because we came to that conclusion a while ago. Like I said, we were ready for the let down.