1,228 Quotes by Henry Rollins


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    I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back.

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    We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost.

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    Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?

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    I don't know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film 'Annie Hall,' but it is, in a way, to Los Angeles and 'Hollywood' what 'This Is Spinal Tap' is to many musicians.

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    Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions.

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    As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it.

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    I really like older writers, perhaps because they take me out of my element. I don't have a great deal of interest in reading a fictionalized present as it's pretty insane as it is.

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    The GOP grows more and more unpopular with female voters seemingly every time one of its leaders gets in front of a microphone. Misogynist is as misogynist does. The GOP and its bloviating pundits don't like women and they are unable to hide it, nor do they seem to make much attempt to do so.

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