I have a lot of compact discs. I need them for radio play and convenience. Many bands and artists I am a fan of don’t always release their work on vinyl, so I take what they feel like giving me. – Henry Rollins
While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline. – Henry Rollins
When I am in Africa, I realize I don’t know much, have not seen much, and there’s a lot to be done. – Henry Rollins
We’re at peak oil, peak water, peak resources, and so either we figure it out and let science lead or we head down a very bad, dark trail to where a lot of people aren’t going to make it. – Henry Rollins
When I am in Africa, I always have the feeling that it’s where everything started. When I am in New York, I know it is where everything ended up. – Henry Rollins
Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind. – Henry Rollins
As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote and polite to the point of being invisible. It is in the music, literature, film and art that the Japanese really seem to express themselves. – Henry Rollins
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. – Henry Rollins
When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement. – Henry Rollins
I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it’s up to me to pass or fail. – Henry Rollins
Before any American points a finger at President Putin and calls him nasty names, they should recognize that a lot of Americans agree with Putin on his stance against homosexual and transgender people. – Henry Rollins
Every politician, every president gets votes by getting people that don’t like him to like him. That’s why politicians are slippery: because they talk out of both sides of their mouth. – Henry Rollins
Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me – the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound. – Henry Rollins
To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I seek the most oblivionated music possible. When it’s the ‘way out there’ that I seek, I go right to my stash of amazing music from Japan. – Henry Rollins
There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people. – Henry Rollins
I’d like to talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, ’cause I live in California and I just want to see that canned, chemical filled body in my office. – Henry Rollins
I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time. – Henry Rollins
