49 Quotes By Henry Rollins


I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity.
Henry Rollins on age

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
Henry Rollins on alone

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.
Henry Rollins on alone

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

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Henry Rollins on beauty

I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best.
Henry Rollins on best

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.
Henry Rollins on change

The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.
Henry Rollins on change

I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.
Henry Rollins on change

I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best.
Henry Rollins on change

I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool.
Henry Rollins on cool

Most Americans are very cool people.
Henry Rollins on cool

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
Henry Rollins on good

Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.
Henry Rollins on great

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
Henry Rollins on great

I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.
Henry Rollins on great

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.
Henry Rollins on home

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.
Henry Rollins on hope

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
Henry Rollins on inspirational

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Henry Rollins on life