1,228 Quotes by Henry Rollins

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    I don't need music for the good times. I don't have that kind of need. Music doesn't serve me like that.

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    People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in disbelief that he was a man who walked the earth and not merely some fiction writer's creation.

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    I will do my best to dodge tonight's depression Hide in sleep Damage myself in dreams Wake up older, slightly more used.

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    I think that America certainly has racism, I think that any industrialized country does. But when you see how many million fans Barack Obama has who are not black, it would lead one to the conclusion that millions of Americans are in fact not burdened by the albatross of racism.

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    I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.

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    Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

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    Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth living were spent with you. Not you especially, the collective you.

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    I don't hate people - not remotely other than they make you crazy in traffic, but as I get older I kind of see more and more why people do what they do.

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