Famous Quotes

Quotes by Henry Rollins

• I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.
• 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 can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.
• I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it.
• I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool.
• I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best.
• I have not the smarts or patience for political office.
• I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work.
• I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars.
• I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.
• I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.
• I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.
• I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.
• I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity.
• I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.
• It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.