Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollinsis an American musician, actor, television and radio host, and comedian. He hosts a weekly radio show on KCRW, and is a regular columnist for LA Weekly and Rolling Stone Australia...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth13 February 1961
CountryUnited States of America
kindness thinking hopeful
I remain hopeful that science, innovation and kindness will come to the fore as things become more and more tense in parts of the world. I think what you are seeing in the world right now is kind of a leveling or an attempt to level the playing field.
reading writing thinking
I think I am the most impressed with writing styles that defy category, like Kharms or Selby, Breton or Jarry, where you become as interested in the writer as much as the writing itself. It's all these things that make reading so appealing to me.
fiction modern rely
I lay off a lot modern fiction and only rely on living writers for non-fiction work.
writing thinking thousand
I just write what I think is good and keep it at a thousand words.
reading insane elements
I really like older writers, perhaps because they take me out of my element. I don't have a great deal of interest in reading a fictionalized present as it's pretty insane as it is.
important temper live-by
I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.
skills trying blame
I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear.
people looks wells
Well, there's Katrina, but you can go through lots of Kurdistan and it looks like Katrina was just there but there's people living in it.
years sea land
I can't imagine being sixty years of age and playing music I wrote when I was in my twenties. I would rather sail the sea of consequence to new lands. Laps around the shallow end of the pool, not for me.
summer august lasts
August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.
people needs wrong-person
I'm a recognizable person and some people feel the need for some reason to take me to task. You're really messing with the wrong person on that one.
bmw spit-up want
Now, if someone wants to spit on me, I just roll up the window of my BMW 540i.
school fit young
I was a very repressed young person. I wasn't good at school. I didn't fit in.
want smooth planes
I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.