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Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), better known by his stage name Henry Rollins, is an American musician, actor, writer, television and radio host, and comedian. He hosts a weekly radio show on KCRW, and is a regular columnist for Rolling Stone Australia and was a regular columnist for LA Weekly.

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I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions.

Effort, Obscure, Part, Space, Venue

I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.

Angry, Mellow, Mellower, Stills, Things, Thinking

I do a lot of walking around in game parks, rain forests, places like that, but it's not like I'm camping in them as much as my day walks. I've done that all over the world, not like with a backpack on my back living out in the woods for several days. When I travel abroad, it's more the city that captures my interest.

Cities, City, Games, Interest, Rain, World

When the Iron doesn't want to come off the mat, it's the kindest thing it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it wouldn't teach you anything.

Ceilings, Flew, Flew Up, Iron, Thing

There is no heaven for me and no hell. And certainly not any Karma.

Heaven, Hell, Karma

I'm always looking upwards and looking forwards and so when someone says, "Hey, would you consider a TV show?" I say, "Hell yeah, I'll consider that. I'll check that out. "

Hey, Say, Show, Tv Shows, Tvs, Yeah

My first visit to West Berlin was in February 1983. The drive through East Berlin, the fact that West Berlin was surrounded by a wall that was more than 100 miles long - the absurdity and intensity of it really knocked me out.

Drive, East Berlin, February, Long, Visit, Wall

People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf.

Book, Books, People, Records, Shelf

There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust to tell the truth or obey the laws they are sworn to uphold. I do not believe they protect me in any way.

America, Believe, Law, Trust, Uphold

The times I have tried to get close to someone resulted in me feeling threatened and weak.

Feeling, Feelings, Threatened, Tried, Weak

I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.

Like, Pass, Plane, Planes, Smooth, Want

When she comes She pulls you close She breathes in short bursts Her eyes close Her head tilts back Her mouth opens slightly Her thighs turn to steel, and then melt She is perfect And you feel like you are everything.

Breathes, Eye, Opens, Perfect, Steel

As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote and polite to the point of being invisible. It is in the music, literature, film and art that the Japanese really seem to express themselves.

Art, Express, Friendly, Literature, Things

I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become strange. Loud noises become louder and more startling, familiar sounds become unfamiliar, and life reinvents itself as a surrealist dream.

Dream, Eat, Familiar, Sleep, Startling, Tired

As far as poetry, I don't know if I've ever written any. I've read a lot. I just write and it comes out in different forms and shapes. I don't know if I'm any good at it I just really go for it and I'm very prolific book wise only because I own the company. No one tells me 'no' around here.

Book, Wise, Write, Writing, Written

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

Moving, Plot, Spring, Winter

If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure outside of more music. It really is the best drug available.

Cures, Doctors, Drug, Irrevocably, Seek

I don't mind bees and think we are all the better for having them around. I like the taste of honey.

Having, Honey, Mind, Think, Thinking

You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.

Brave Person, Coward, Front, Mark, Person

Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable listening to a song at a time via 7-inch single is enjoying the sublime state of solitude.

Away, Cds, Lonely, Solitude, Song, Via

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