Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

Nothing brings people together more, then mutual hatred.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

Maybe I'm just a psycho, and the stage is a better place to go than either the loony bin or somewhere else.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

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

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

Now, if someone wants to spit on me, I just roll up the window of my BMW 540i.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

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
Henry Rollins

I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

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.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

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

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

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

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

To this day, my haircut is the number two clippers, which I apply to myself every month.