1,228 Quotes by Henry Rollins

If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you

When Black Flag and DOA and all those bands were touring in the early 80s, it was kind of a forest and you just kind of got your way through it. Now it's like a six lane highway with Starbucks every twenty meters. That's just civilization.

I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.

The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.

To this day, my haircut is the number two clippers, which I apply to myself every month.

From those who agonize that they may no longer be able to write off their private jet to someone who doesn't feel like making the three mile hike to the well to get water and carry it back, everyone struggles.

The times I have tried to get close to someone resulted in me feeling threatened and weak.

Horror jolts me when I look at one of you and see a pair of beautiful eyes that make me think your mind might contain a world that could hold me as the bolts shake loose and fly from my frame.

I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.