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I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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I have no artistic sensibilities. I wish I did. It is probably really cool. I have work habits and work ethic. For me, all the things I do are jobs.
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Adolescence is a plague on the senses.
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If some band sucks, you're going to have to find out about it for yourself, because I don't have the interest in issuing warnings.
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The more you own, the more it owns you.
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The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.
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If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.'
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It's difficult for me to be around anyone for longer than an hour. Love, death, elation, sorrow, I just don't care all that much about any of it. I am at this point, more of an observer/journalist.
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'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.
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The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.
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When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.
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I never think of what it's going to be like later. I only think in the present tense. The only time I think backwards is when I have to reissue something.
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If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.
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I'm actually on the Twitter like all those crazy young kids are, and if I'm going to do an in-store appearance or I post something on my website, I tweet these followers, a word I don't like so much, and over 50,000 people go, like, 'Okay, I got it.'
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The public library system of the United States is worth preserving.
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I want to meet a woman that will make me stop and listen to what she has to say. I want a woman who will make my jaw drop in awe. A woman that has little time for me. One who does not throw herself at me. One who respects herself who has a sense of herself. Where is she
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Anywhere you hang yourself is home.
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For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.
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I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back.
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I don't really write for fun it's not an enjoyable experience. For me, art, or whatever the hell it is I do, has always been a refuge from that which makes me want to tear my lungs out. That's why I play like I play I'm not into entertainment.
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Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types of music, new foods, new ideas. You want to stop having so many wars? This could be a step in the right direction.
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