I get tired of talking when I want to be silent.

— Henry Rollins

I hate painting with a broad brush, but I think the birther thing, at its root, is racist. The guy was born in Hawaii. A black guy is president. It's cool. Get over it. Just deal with it. There's nothing you could show these birther people that would shut them up.

— Henry Rollins

I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as winter tightens its grip.

— Henry Rollins

I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

— Henry Rollins

I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Cliff bars.

— Henry Rollins

I'll be here tomorrow If I can make it through today.

— Henry Rollins

I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.

— Henry Rollins

Imagine a 15-year-old kid saying, 'I have two moms - it's cool.' I don't fear that at all.

— Henry Rollins

In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the café you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that.

— Henry Rollins

In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks.

— Henry Rollins