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Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off stumps year after year. Some wonder how and why. I never do.
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I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered.
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In my many trips to South Africa, I have met and spoken to a lot of people there, and they all seem to find apartheid as repellent as you would.
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My feelings for you shame me into silence.
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I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time.
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The easy solution isn't the solution, it's the problem.
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