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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.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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Americans have been dumbed down to the point where more people watching 'American Idol' than listen to the state of the union address. And that's too bad. I'm not trying to take any bread out of the mouth of Simon Cowell, but if the president is speaking to the people of the United States, and people are going to watch 'American Idol,' that's sad.
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I see walking bombs on the street Hearts not beating, but ticking
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Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.
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I don't have talent. I have tenacity.
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Politics is a thing that I follow because it determines what is going on in my country, but I vote and deal with politicians with a great degree of jaundiced eye.
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I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.
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I think more airtime should be given to Donald Trump and Orly Taitz. They should run for office together. They should open for Charlie Sheen.
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With writing, there are multiple drafts. On stage, there is one take. I do a lot of preparation for shows, so, for the most part, what you hear me say is pretty much what I wanted to get at.
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My feelings for you shame me into silence.
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Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on.
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I feel like a visitor that got left behind by his ride.
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The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time.
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I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.
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No magic. I do believe you might have taken it all with you when you went away.
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Dinosaur Jr. in their live capacity are a band that put me in a state of such overwhelming rock that it often takes quite a while to come down.
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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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In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.
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Try driving the streets of Los Angeles without seeing a billboard depicting a film with a lead actor holding a gun. It's almost as if guns are harmless props used to bring out the cheekbones and jawline of the screen star.
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As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not.
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One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise.
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