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" I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own. "
Henry Rollins
Black
Together
Think
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" 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. "
Henry Rollins
Black
Country
America
" Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well. "
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" The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook. "
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Death
" I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.' "
Henry Rollins
People
Free
Me
" I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered. "
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Place
" Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians. "
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Musicians
Good
" I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless. "
Henry Rollins
Action
Joy
Thought
" Now, if someone wants to spit on me, I just roll up the window of my BMW 540i. "
Henry Rollins
Up
BMW
Me
" The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can be tied to songs to such a degree that it's almost unbearable to listen to them again, as they bring back the memories so vividly. "
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Romantic
Memories
Music
" Someone like Ashlee Simpson, she lip-synchs on 'Saturday Night Live,' gets totally called out la Milli Vanilli, and no one really cares that much. It doesn't make me hate Ashlee; she's just taking instructions. "
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She
Saturday
Hate
" If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.' "
Henry Rollins
Rock
Myself
Speak
" If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene. "
Henry Rollins
Constitution
First Amendment
Hero
" I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time. "
Henry Rollins
High School
Better
School
" As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me. "
Henry Rollins
Feel
Truth
Touch
" The best compliment I get every year is that a band will write me and say, 'We were just on tour, and we had people coming to our show saying they had never heard us before they heard us on your show.' "
Henry Rollins
People
Best
Compliment
" This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky. "
Henry Rollins
Lucky
Feel
Kind
" Canadians are often a friendly bunch. "
Henry Rollins
Often
Friendly
Canadians
" When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive. "
Henry Rollins
Eat
Doubt
Yourself
" Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice. "
Henry Rollins
You
Easy
Time
" I think, to a great degree, we humans still divide ourselves into two species, even though we are monotypic. There are males and females. We see them as different and not equal. "
Henry Rollins
See
Think
Equal
" I wonder how Colin Powell sleeps at night. I would like to have a word with him because he lied. He lied. He lied to me. He lied to my face through the camera at the U.N. "
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Wonder
Him
Camera
" Juan Williams is a very sharp guy. "
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Guy
Williams
Very
" I've been on 'Jay Leno,' and everyone likes Jay, but being on that show is a really boring afternoon. I sincerely like Jay, but I wouldn't want his job, because I'd have to interview Kathy Ireland, and there's nothing there I'd want to know. "
Henry Rollins
Know
Nothing
Job
" I don't think you'll ever have a perfect world because we humans are prone to error, and so we're always in search of an upgrade. "
Henry Rollins
Search
World
Think
" Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music. "
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Lots
Music
Speaking
" Some music really does suck! "
Henry Rollins
Does
Music
Suck
" America was cool with Saddam Hussein when he was killing Iranians. "
Henry Rollins
Saddam Hussein
America
He
" Dinosaur Jr. in their live capacity are a band that put me in a state of such overwhelming rock that it often takes quite a while to come down. "
Henry Rollins
Band
Live
Dinosaur
" Like a lot of inwardly drawn young people, I spent a lot of time in libraries. At my high school, I often spent my lunch breaks there. "
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People
High School
Time
" I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town. "
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