1,228 Quotes by Henry Rollins

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.

When I think of Mick Jagger still singing that he can’t get any satisfaction in over forty years of being in the Rolling Stones, I have to conclude that he’s either lying or not all that bright.

I don’t think you’ll ever have a perfect world because we humans are prone to error, and so we’re always in search of an upgrade.

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.

There’s no retirement, there’s just a few years of non-work by the fire with someone bringing you some tea and relative peace and playing with the grandchildren.

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

When you see the Escalades and the Hummers driving down the street, at least in Los Angeles, this dry, flat desert with shopping malls, when you see someone driving one of those through this you’re like, ‘You are definitely part of the problem.’

Maybe I’m ego-tripping, but I don’t find myself a particularly horrible person, so I don’t think I need to hold back anything I think or feel.

Respect is not a one way street.