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" I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine. "
Henry Rollins
Own
Like
Feeling
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" Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter. "
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" There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed. "
Henry Rollins
Music
Creative
Point Of View
" Try driving the streets of Los Angeles without seeing a billboard depicting a film with a lead actor holding a gun. It's almost as if guns are harmless props used to bring out the cheekbones and jawline of the screen star. "
Henry Rollins
Los Angeles
Seeing
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" The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink. "
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Yourself
You
Money
" I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative. "
Henry Rollins
Am
Nor
Artistic
" I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much. "
Henry Rollins
First Amendment
Censorship
First
" When I am in Africa, I realize I don't know much, have not seen much, and there's a lot to be done. "
Henry Rollins
I Am
Seen
Realize
" I was a very repressed young person. I wasn't good at school. I didn't fit in. "
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Very
School
Person
" Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do. "
Henry Rollins
Things
Many
Pride
" 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
" Castle Face Records, run by The Oh Sees main man, Johnny Dwyer is always worth checking in with. "
Henry Rollins
Always
Man
Run
" Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby. "
Henry Rollins
Collecting
Records
Hobby
" 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
" 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
" 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
" To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need. "
Henry Rollins
America
Anger
Tiger
" If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure outside of more music. It really is the best drug available. "
Henry Rollins
Doctor
Best
More
" I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are. "
Henry Rollins
Lot
Generic
Child
" There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful. "
Henry Rollins
More
Situation
Knowing
" 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. "
Henry Rollins
I Am
Road
Today
" There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust to tell the truth or obey the laws they are sworn to uphold. I do not believe they protect me in any way. "
Henry Rollins
Me
America
Trust
" I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of. "
Henry Rollins
Realization
Much
I Am
" I think it's fantastic when the young enrage their elders. I really do believe that if it's too loud, you are indeed too old, and that if it has been standing for too long, it needs a thorough inspection. "
Henry Rollins
You
Young
Believe
" I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster. "
Henry Rollins
Her
Shock
Think
" The public library system of the United States is worth preserving. "
Henry Rollins
Library
Worth
System
" I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless. "
Henry Rollins
Try
Well
Informed
" In my many trips to South Africa, I have met and spoken to a lot of people there, and they all seem to find apartheid as repellent as you would. "
Henry Rollins
People
Africa
You
" You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment. "
Henry Rollins
Gun
Want
Moment
" I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person. "
Henry Rollins
Topic
Guess
Person
" If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if everyone who now has your music had actually bought your record. "
Henry Rollins
Your
Know
Interesting