Henry Rollins

“I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.”

“I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious.”

“Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.”

“When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'”

“Where there is young people and vitality, you're going to find punk rock.”

“Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound.”

“I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.”

“When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.”

“I was a very repressed young person. I wasn't good at school. I didn't fit in.”

“The number of people who are actual supporters of Mr. Romney could very well be less than the Donner Party, whose members they sadly resemble in many ways.”

“I have been restless for as long as I can remember.”

“Now, if someone wants to spit on me, I just roll up the window of my BMW 540i.”

“The more I learn about Mr. Romney, the less there is to admire.”

“Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.'”

“I never had any interest in being involved with the Boy Scouts.”

“And I laugh at myself when I screw things up, which happens all the time.”

“I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.”

“I have not the smarts or patience for political office.”

“I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work.”

“The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.”