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

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man.
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I'm not trying to amass people in the streets. I just want them to be more aware.
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I'm not much of an improv guy. That's a talent I don't have.
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I think there is something very interesting about people who live day to day in an environment where they could get taken out by a wild animal. There has to be some kind respect that is derived from that relationship.
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I think that humans have a huge capacity to carry pain and sadness. There are things that haunt us our entire lives we are unable to let them go. The good times seem almost effervescent and dreamlike in comparison with the times that didn't go so well.
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I don't mind bees and think we are all the better for having them around. I like the taste of honey.
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The Iron is the best antidepressant I have ever found.
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He said that hate makes the world go round People are afraid of what they really want They make enemies of all the things that they would like to be They condition themselves to not embrace what they are Love is a clinging nausea I tried to disagree with him It was no use I never saw a more honest look in anyone's eyes.
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But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.
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I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
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I have no desire to write anything for screen. That's a great talent.
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Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.
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I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.
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When Black Flag and DOA and all those bands were touring in the early 80s, it was kind of a forest and you just kind of got your way through it. Now it's like a six lane highway with Starbucks every twenty meters. That's just civilization.
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If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back.
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There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.
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I am very ambitious in a way, in that I'm not trying to be the richest guy or whatever. I just really like my work.
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When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise.
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I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.
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I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.
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