Henry Rollins citáty

„Lidi jsou zkurvený. Naplňují vám život bolestí. Pokaždé si myslíte, že to bude jiné, a ono není. Vždycky je to ten samý náklad prolhaného zla.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Nemám blízko k lidem, mám blízko k sobě. Trávím hodně času ve svém nitru.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Naučíte se vyhazovat věci, myšlenky, vzpomínky, přátele, naučíte se ztrácet. Čím lepší v tom jste, tím snadněji se životem protlučete.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Co je nejlepší k šálku kávy? Další šálek.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Nechci nikoho znát, lidi mě naplňují samotou.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Je smutné, když se z někoho, koho znáte, stane někdo, koho jste znali.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Zatraceně, tohle je tak osamocené místo. Neptejte se mě na jméno, jen tu se mnou zůstaňte.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Lidé jsou nejlepší na deskách a v knihách, protože tak je můžete vypnout nebo vrátit na polici.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Jde o to, co si o sobě myslíte. Nikdo vás nemůže soudit a mít pravdu. Nikdo vás nezná. Dělejte, co děláte, a je to.“

—  Henry Rollins

„Tony Conrad je punkrock stejně jako každý, kdo měl tu drzost nazvat sám sebe punkrockem.“

—  Henry Rollins

Originál: (en) Tony Conrad is as punk rock as anyone whoever had the audacity to call themselves punk rock.
Zdroj: [Robin, William, Tony Conrad Was Such a Good Minimalist, He Was Almost Forgotten, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/arts/music/tony-conrad-was-such-a-good-minimalist-he-was-almost-forgotten.html, 2017-03-24, 2017-03-25, The New York Times, anglicky]

„Nikdy nezapomenu, jak dobré a zároveň špatné deprese a osamělost byly. Stále jsou.“

—  Henry Rollins

„What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup.“

—  Henry Rollins, kniha Black Coffee Blues

Zdroj: Black Coffee Blues

„Listen to the stage manager and get on stage when they tell you to. No one has time for the rock star act. None of the techs backstage care if you're David Bowie or the milkman. When you act like a jerk, they are completely unimpressed with the infantile display that you might think comes with your dubious status. They were there hours before you building the stage, and they will be there hours after you leave tearing it down. They should get your salary, and you should get theirs.“

—  Henry Rollins, kniha Black Coffee Blues

Black Coffee Blues

„Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.“

—  Henry Rollins

„It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.“

—  Henry Rollins

Varianta: It is sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

„I'm not close to people, I am close to myself. I spend a lot of time inside.“

—  Henry Rollins, kniha Black Coffee Blues

Zdroj: Black Coffee Blues

„You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with their lives. They don't know what they do. They are careless with themselves and they take too much for granted. They make their shortcomings your problem. The only way to keep your head above it and heal your wounds is to crawl away.“

—  Henry Rollins, kniha Black Coffee Blues

Zdroj: Black Coffee Blues

„If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.“

—  Henry Rollins

„I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.“

—  Henry Rollins