American - Musician | February 13, 1961 -
I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.
Henry Rollins
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I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.
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Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.
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I love to go on stage and sing.
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To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what's really important.
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When you are young, there is so much ahead of you, it's like the Saharan desert. You can't even see across it.
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Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on.
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Rarely do I do film press because I'm so low on the food chain of the movie, and for me it's just this thing I did for four weeks before the next tour started.
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You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.
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Without an education, you won't have a future.
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I wonder how Colin Powell sleeps at night. I would like to have a word with him because he lied. He lied. He lied to me. He lied to my face through the camera at the U.N.
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A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.
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