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50 Best Henry Rollins Quotes, Part 2

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25. Leave Bill and Monica Alone!
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"Hillary and Bill have to do some talking. If you get married, you should honor the deal or get help. But I'm glad he lied. I'm glad he said what he said initially, because he was protecting his family. Monica shouldn't have said anything. When people have affairs, they generally keep it to themselves. But, in most cases, none of your friends are going to wear a wire to tape your conversations, either. She got sold out, too." --Akron Beacon Journal, Oct. 15, 1998
24. A Touch of Gray
"I'm 38 now, and when a woman dumps me, I don't punch holes in the wall and call her ugly names. I try and understand her ... and look at how I might have failed. I'm trying to grow; I'm not interested in being 22 again. I'm letting my hair turn gray and the tattoos fade.... I mean, look at Bruce Springsteen and that receding hairline of his. He refuses to cover it up. Man, I admire those who are willing to grow old gracefully." --Los Angeles Times, Jan. 12, 1999
23. Jesus of Brooklyn
"It seems to me Jesus Christ went pretty willingly to his death. Now I'm not too versed in the Bible, but what if Jesus was from Brooklyn? They try to put him on the cross and he would just say, 'Man, I'll kill you.'" --spoken-word show, Michigan State University, Oct. 25, 1999
22. The Tooth Fairy
"They're not missing, I've got them. Someone threw them onstage -- a souvenir. I went to Australia and all I got was a lousy bloody set of teeth." --On punching a fan's false teeth out after the fan spit beer on him in Australia, (Melbourne) Sunday Herald Sun, Feb. 27, 2000
21. The Sunshine and Hate State
"I'm playing with the band and people are Sieg Heiling and beating up non-whites. If I was pro-Nazi I think I would have loved playing in Florida. Weather-wise, Florida's great, but Nazis just aren't my thing, thank you." --Florida Today, Aug. 10, 2001
20. Make P-Funk, Not War
George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic
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"I think we should start flashing photos of maimed soldiers on the front page of every newspaper until the entire world vomits and gets sick and says, 'Wow, it's 2008. Let's just stop this s--- and get into the streets, put on the P-Funk and start partying. Because it's really time to choose something different.'" --from his DVD 'Provoked'
19. Warped Perspective
"We're in rehab from playing eight dates of the Warped Tour. That's eight days of staring out at a sea of p---ies. Eight days of 30-minute sets and another eight hours of bulls--- music played by weak, 'well-adjusted' kids who just can't wait to skate that half-pipe they've been thinking about all day." --Rollins Band show, Georgia State University, Aug. 15, 2001
18. Anti-Anti-Establishment
"I've never been anti-establishment. If I was, I wouldn't be allowed to flush the toilet or be in a supermarket or use toothpaste. A lot of people say they're anti-establishment and it's like, 'Yeah? Well, why are you wearing Levi's? Do you know where they're made?'" --The (Montreal) Gazette, March 13, 2003
17. Sean 'PB&J Diddy' Combs
"If Puff Daddy wanted some of my sandwich, I would give him some of my sandwich and just ask him to please stop making records." --Kent State University, Sept. 16, 2004
16. Support the Troops
"I do like the troops; they don't dictate policy. They're just trying to get through 12 hours without getting their heads blown off." --Edmonton Sun, April 2, 2006
15. Al Green vs. the Klan
Al Green, Let's Stay Together
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"Nobody in the Klu Klux Klan needs a baseball bat upside the head; they need an Al Green record." --Barrymore Theater, Madison, Wisc., April 9, 2010
14. The Cover of the Rolling Stone
"I used to save any article about me, used to collect them. If I was on the cover of a magazine, I would tear the cover off and save it in a box. Now, I no longer care. I no longer look to the media for truth. I use a news agency as a reference, but if I'm really interested in a story, I find out for myself." --Akron Beacon Journal, Oct. 15, 1998
13. With Age Comes Wisdom
"If you're going to be an opinionated person in public and be over the age of 40, be careful, because you might be taken seriously." --Edmonton Sun, Jan. 22, 2008
12. Gabba Gabba Hey!
"And then punk rock happened. It became known to me and someone loaned me his Clash album and his Ramones album. And these were hard records to find in those days because record stores just weren't carrying this stuff. So you'd go to a record and naively [say], as a '70s boy would do: 'Excuse me, do you have the first Ramones album?' And they would look at you like there's no such band as the Ramones, as the woman swept her Farrah 'do back and recommend you buy 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac." --The Canadian Press, Jan. 17, 2011
11. Alternative Rock?
"Some music might be alternative for a while, but if it is any good, it gets sucked into the big scene, and then that's when they get their pants pulled down in front of everybody. There's nothing like a little success to dissolve anything good about a band that had little to start with." --from his book 'Art to Choke Hearts'
10. Drugs, Not Hugs
Ritalin tablets
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"I'm really not a huggy kind of guy. I'm a very tightly wound dude, who was raised on Ritalin and fear." --from his DVD 'Provoked'
9. My Friend George W. Bush
"The last seven years and so many months I've become quite used to George W. Bush. We've kind of become pals. He's become my English teacher as he's reinvented the English language, and also he's become my travel agent. So whenever he rattles a country too much, I immediately book a plane ticket, get a visa and go. I've had some really interesting trips thanks to the man. --The Marquee, Nov. 1, 2008
8. Fundamental Flaws
"These Christian fundamentalist psychotics are so power-mad that they will stop at nothing. Willful ignorance, intimidation and suppression of information are their tools." --The Henry Rollins Show, 2008
7. Mellowing With Age
"As a younger person, there's so much emotional sturm und drang: 'The girl left, OK, I'm gonna die,' or 'I got a bad review, I'm going to kick that guy's ass.' [Now] I don't really have any of that drama." --Buzzbin magazine, March 6, 2010
6. OMG! LOL! WTF!
"Now that we have the most advanced communication in the history of the world, look what people do with it. I want to strangle some people when I overhear their conversations. And texting? 'How R U?' Wow! English is just getting its ass kicked." --Edmonton Sun, Jan. 22, 2008
5. The Devil You Know
Hugo Chavez
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"[Venezuelan President Hugo] Chavez came to New York and called President Bush the devil, which prompted some of the most fervent Bush bashers to say, 'Shut up! You can't say that -- he's our devil!'" --The Henry Rollins Show, 2007
4. Street Wise
"I was the guy with dirty hands living in a van, who had knowledge gained from being on the street. My politics came from being rousted by cops. I saw poverty by walking through it or living in it. I have a bit of reach having been to these places." --The Vancouver Sun, May 25, 2010
3. Selling Out or Buying In?
"When you hear a Stooges track or a Buzzcocks track or a Ramones track or a track by the Fall, or what have you, in a car ad, some people, whenever that happens, I get a letter saying, 'What a sellout.' And I say, 'No, man, we've arrived.' The person making that ad grew up on that music. You're no longer confined to interstitial, instrumental music, you're gonna get Iggy Pop and the Teddy Bears singing 'I'm a punk rocker' to sell a car. What would you rather hear? Some wanky keyboard or Iggy and the Teddy Bears? I know which one I'd rather hear, and I just hope they get paid quickly and double scale, because it's about time." --Mother Jones, July 24, 2007
2. Music Soothes the Savage Beast
"I like going to shows. I like listening to music. I'm a pretty buoyant person most of the time." --The San Luis Obispo Tribune, June 3, 2010
1. Blah Blah Blah
"All this mindless blather comes out of me like s--- from a goose. I'm like your old boring uncle at a party who just never leaves." --Buffalo News, Feb. 28, 1993
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All these quotes suck. Henry Rollins is an extremely insightful person and there's a lot being missed here.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/44736.Henry_Rollins

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