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" Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence and was respected by musicians across all genres. "

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" 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

Cute

Think

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

" The truth is an anti-war statement in itself. "

" I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet. "

" When I think of Mick Jagger still singing that he can't get any satisfaction in over forty years of being in the Rolling Stones, I have to conclude that he's either lying or not all that bright. "

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

" In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground. "

" I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become strange. Loud noises become louder and more startling, familiar sounds become unfamiliar, and life reinvents itself as a surrealist dream. "

" My unconditional sure thing is that I don't have one. "

" Harmony is boring. "

Henry Rollins

Boring

Harmony

" Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians. "

" In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move. "

" Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does. "

Henry Rollins

Look

Good

" August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery. "

Henry Rollins

Thought

Young

" If there is one set of laws, one Constitution for every citizen, its protections hopefully applied equally to all, then why do the results seem to differ so radically? What do you call that? Look around - you're living in it. "

" One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise. "

" Even though I am not hungry when I get up, I try to eat to get me ready for the day. Within an hour of getting up. "

" I try to get myself up and moving as early as possible. Optimum is to be on the treadmill while it is still dark outside. "

Henry Rollins

Try

Dark

" The number of people who are actual supporters of Mr. Romney could very well be less than the Donner Party, whose members they sadly resemble in many ways. "

" I never thought about getting any tattoos removed. "

" If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light, If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you. "

" A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process. "

Henry Rollins

Thought

Process

" Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the time, the only difference in the album is the matrix number or a different 'made in' notation on the back cover or label. This is enough to make some people extremely excited. Actually, much more than excited. "

" It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements. "

" Life is weird, great and dangerous. "

" 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

" Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. "

" You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. "

" If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done. "

Henry Rollins

Done

Thought

" For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa. "