America’s foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan – which is leave. – Henry Rollins
Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience’s attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say. – Henry Rollins
I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions. – Henry Rollins
We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage. We will welcome summer’s ghost. – Henry Rollins
Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact. – Henry Rollins
More and more, journalism seems to have hopped out of Truth’s pocket and crept into another. – Henry Rollins
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. – Henry Rollins
With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad. – Henry Rollins
If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself – there’s nothing about me that’s rock n’ roll. It’s like, ‘Hello, I’m in a rock n’ roll band’. ‘No, you’re a narc.’ – Henry Rollins
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. – Henry Rollins
A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process. – Henry Rollins
We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It’s why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted to painlessness. That tells you a lot. – Henry Rollins
Seasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It’s not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet. – Henry Rollins
The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short. – Henry Rollins
It’s one thing to buy a copy of ‘Atlas Shrugged.’ You actually have to read it to get anything out of it. – Henry Rollins
I consider any gun that can chamber a round and send a projectile down its barrel at a high rate of speed into my body – causing me injury or death – to be an assault weapon. – Henry Rollins
I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, ‘This band is going to be the king of the town.’ It was obvious. They were so good. – Henry Rollins
The GOP grows more and more unpopular with female voters seemingly every time one of its leaders gets in front of a microphone. Misogynist is as misogynist does. The GOP and its bloviating pundits don’t like women and they are unable to hide it, nor do they seem to make much attempt to do so. – Henry Rollins
I’m of the opinion that the Democrats have the ideas I agree with more often than not. Reenergizing the middle class and giving people a break. – Henry Rollins
Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come. – Henry Rollins