Henry Rollins, born as Henry Lawrence Garfield, is an American polymath of the entertainment industry. He has held several profiles including being a musician, actor, television and radio host and comedian. Rollins love for music traces back to his university days when he first developed an interest in punk rock, after getting hands on a copy of The Ramones's debut album. Rollins’ music career thrived as he became the frontman and vocalist of ‘State of Alert’ band. In times to follow, he was a key member of the Black Flag and Rollin Stone bands. He made several important contributions as a solo artist as well. Music career aside, Rollins is famous for his antics as a television and radio host. He hosts the weekly radio show on KCRW, and is a regular columnist for LA Weekly and Rolling Stone Australia. He has also done a couple of dramatic roles for various televisions series. Apart from his career in the entertainment industry, Rollins has powerfully used his social position to campaign for and promote LGBT rights, World Hunger Relief, the West Memphis Three and an end to war in particular. The rich legacy of his work includes some of the highly meaningful quotes that he has written over the years. These quotes touch various aspects of life and provide some food for thought. Check out some of the most famous quotes by Henry Rollins.
Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know they have lost something and picked up something else.
Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.
I am ready for whatever's coming. I expect nothing but to be let down or turned away. I am alone. Goddamn. The shit hurts sometimes, but I realize what I am, what I have become.
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
If there was a god, he wouldn't let a guy walk right up and shoot you in the face now would he? That's right, now you get the picture. Truth burns doesn't it?
It's hard to get along with people. As much as you try to like them and accept them as individuals, it becomes difficult because they keep getting out of line and wasting your time.
