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" When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it. "

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" To our enemies all over the world who plan America's demise, please take my advice. Give up now. No matter what, you will lose. You will lose it all. "

Henry Rollins

World

America

Advice

" What I don't want to do is go out there and not be able to mean it, you know? "

" Most Americans are very cool people. "

" Without an education, you won't have a future. "

" Change is hard, but change is good. "

" 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. "

" It's why real men just go out in the woods and howl. I must do it and get paid. "

Henry Rollins

Just

Men

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

" Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter. "

" For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16, and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that. "

" 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. "

" The world's a better place since I chose music. "

" For me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed. "

" 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. "

" August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina. "

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

" I'd like to talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'cause I live in California and I just want to see that canned, chemical filled body in my office. "

" I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran. "

Henry Rollins

Interview

People

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've never heard Daft Punk; I've never heard a track of theirs in my life. They're the two guys with motorcycle helmets on? "

" 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. "

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

Henry Rollins

Look

Good

" At times, I feel America is something that I can actually put my arms around, more than a land mass and a Constitution, something far more containable and understandable. I don't exactly know what it is, but at these times I feel completely woven into it. "

" Watching a documentary with people hacking their way through some polar wasteland is merely a visual. Actually trying to deal with cold that can literally kill you is quite a different thing. "

" Florida is a crazy place, and I have played some of the wildest shows of my life here. "

" It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music, it's all marketing, and that's part of a record, you gotta get it out there, people have gotta hear it, but you could do it in a way that's not repulsive. "

" If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back. "

" Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year? "

" I am on until I am dead, like a light bulb. "

Henry Rollins

Light Bulb

Dead