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" 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. "

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" 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

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" 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. "

" Young African-American males: Stop existing. It could get you killed. "

" The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible. "

" I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail. "

" What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience. "

" To see change in your own area code is very powerful. There's a little orphanage down the street from my company, and we donate $1 from the sale of each CD we sell to the orphanage. "

" In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a long time, outward into the world. The impact is a wake-up call on every level. "

" 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. "

" Texas is as odd as it is vast. "

" I love to go on stage and sing. "

" Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability? "

" 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. "

" If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America. "

" Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors. "

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

" I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it. "

" 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. "

" 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

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" In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record. "

" Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind. "

" Every single record I have is a fossil. "

" You might as well enjoy the day - you never know when and how painfully it could all end. "

" One of the most insane environments I have ever spent time in is a gun range. There we are, all in a line, armed to the teeth, firing away. "

" I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it. "

" 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. "

" The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the man as he sees it. I like that. So that is punk. "

" I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation. "

" When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise. "

" 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

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