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" I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoidably clear. This is not directionless action. If it were, the media would have moved on. "

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" My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came out. Now that is an album. What a voice. "

Henry Rollins

Now

Mother

Music

" I never had any interest in being involved with the Boy Scouts. "

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

" I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet. "

" I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none. "

" When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement. "

" As a young person growing up in Washington, D.C., summers were hot, humid and relentless. My friends and I grew more restless and adventurous with every passing year. "

" Canadians are often a friendly bunch. "

" 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

World

Think

" Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact. "

" Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it. "

" 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. "

" Pizza makes me think that anything is possible. "

Henry Rollins

Pizza

Anything Is Possible

" I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things. "

" 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. "

" Adolescence is a plague on the senses. "

" It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew. "

" Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever. "

Henry Rollins

Letters

Back

" 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. "

" I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend. "

" Life is weird, great and dangerous. "

" People will remember that the Tea Party was co-opted and funded by billion-dollar corporations, and that it was supported by Fox News and other outlets with the same vigor with which they attempt to denigrate the Occupy protesters. "

" Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's. "

" Juan Williams is a very sharp guy. "

" I'm not harmful, just introspective. You can probably think I'm weird, but it's not harmful weird. "

" For many, an album is no longer a considerable feat of an artist but just sounds to be half-listened to while one is halfheartedly engaged in something else. "