#you

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#be yourself #believe #cut #defines #friends

Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#ass #go #half #hate #hurts

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#boring #boring people #could #feel #guess

I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#believe #degrees #destiny #does #fate

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

#belongs #feeling #i #i think #like

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#art form #artist #being #dragging #feelings

Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#effort #gods #great #impress #journeys

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#great #great things #insanity #little #little bit

Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#body #clean #keep #lean #mind

The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#drink #enough #having #immerse #losing