Henry Rollins Quotes

The power of depression is undeniable
When I’m in its grip
I don’t remember ever feeling any other way

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

Without a defined enemy, some people wouldn’t know how to get through the day. When there’s no enemy, they make one. An enemy does not occur naturally. Animals may have conflict but it is survival motivated. It is Homo sapiens who seek out others and hit them until they hit back. It is as old as the first line drawn in the sand. Isn’t it easier to fight than think?

"Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. That it comes from the body and the mind. And the heart. - from "The Iron

I want to be that which overcomes itself Listening to them makes me weak and small I watch them go out and fuck each other They tell me that I’m crazy The years scar me I don’t want a smooth ride I want the crushing wheel

I don't have talent, I have tenacity; I have discipline; I have focus. And I know without any illusion where I come from and what I can go back to.

You try to find a special person
Someone you can be with
Someone you can touch
Someone you can talk to
Someone you won’t feel so strange around
You found that they don’t really exist

She can break your fall Or let you fall and break And every time you jump You just know she’s going to catch you

In my world there would be as many libraries as there are Starbucks.

I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters telling me to go back to Russia or whatever.

In the place of the things I have denied myself, I have things that mean more to me than sex, fun and happiness ever could.

Zappa warned you of the threat of mediocrity in music.

Will I ever meet someone
That will take the bitter taste from my mouth?
I am loneliness
I wish I had someone to miss

If I let you, you would make me destroy myself. In order to survive you, I must first survive myself. I can sink no further, and I cannot forgive you. There's no choice but to confront you, to engage you, to erase you. I've gone to great lengths to expand my threshold of pain. I will use my mistakes against you. There's no other choice. I'm shameless now, I'm nameless now. I'm nothing now, I'm no one now. But my soul must be iron, 'cause my fear is naked. I'm naked and fearless, and my fear is naked.

I learned that you can get away with a lot of shit if you just do it like it’s all you knew how to do.