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After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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I'd like to rid myself of writing, to surrender, to release the venom. And hopefully at some point, I'll be a happy, well-adjusted guy and I'll have no need for all that 'art.'
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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.
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I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.
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If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations.
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I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.
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If the truth is told how I want to be remembered... as someone who cared. Someone who worked really hard and someone who didn't sit around.
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I believe that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts.
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perfection. I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of the slaughtered nights I spent all over the world waiting to feel your touch.
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Am I self-righteous? Why not? It's not like I can count on you to be righteous for me.
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My mother taught me how to read very early on and at school I was ahead of everyone in class... Reading was always something that I liked because I could do it alone and I was alone a lot of the time with my mother working the hours she did. Books became my friends very early on.
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The best compliment I get every year is that a band will write me and say, 'We were just on tour, and we had people coming to our show saying they had never heard us before they heard us on your show.'
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