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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.
Henry Rollins
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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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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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Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the time, the only difference in the album is the matrix number or a different 'made in' notation on the back cover or label. This is enough to make some people extremely excited. Actually, much more than excited.
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While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within.
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I know you’ll never love me but maybe you’ll stay for awhile.
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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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I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics
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Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.
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All I can do is just do stuff while I am alive and hopefully that track record will speak for itself.
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Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day.
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