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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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" One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot. "

Henry Rollins

Shot

Alone

Room

" I would hate to think that some people have found themselves in a musical cul-de-sac and have ceased to explore new music, or at least music that is new to them, because they are so glued to the past. "

" I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time. "

" If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you're worried about what they will do to the Afghan people. If that was America's concern, America's operational presence there would be much different. "

" Barack Obama's administration responded to the Haitian crisis within 24 hours. Here comes the soldiers, here comes the food, go go go... Rush Limbaugh told his multi-millions of listeners that Obama only did that to gain favour with black people in America. This is the kind of idiocy that I have to deal with in my country. "

" America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice. "

" Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come. "

" In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the cafe you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that. "

" I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place. "

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

" For me, Memphis has always been a city that holds a great deal of meaning and also leads me to a lot of thinking. Besides Sun Studio, which helped put rock n' roll on the map all over the world, the legendary Stax Studio also called Memphis home. "

" There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people. "

Henry Rollins

Village

People

" For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes. "

" For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16, and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that. "

" Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me. "

" Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician. "

" George Zimmerman is a foot soldier in a rapidly privatizing country. He is a new centurion of 21st-century America. Law enforcement is tied down by the strictures of, well, the law. There is only 'so much they can do' to take care of the 'problem.' "

" Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of their contempt. The frenzy to buy cheap crap from China, the human downgrade of people fighting with each other over items they can probably live without, to me, is an insult. "

" Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward. "

" I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing. "

" Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music. "

" Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good. "

" All my big heroes are literary, writers. "

" 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 tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time. "

" Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations. "

" The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible. "

" I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view. "

" I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions. "

" Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock. "

Henry Rollins

Rock

Everything