What I don't want to do is go out there and not be able to mean it, you know?

Quote by Henry Rollins

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It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself.

It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself.

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul....

Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul....

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I...

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I...

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.

I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go...

I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go...

I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.

I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely...

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely...

It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids.

It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

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

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

I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of...

I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of...

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

I was burned out on people, their talk and their bullshit.

I was burned out on people, their talk and their bullshit.

Half of life is fucking up the other half is dealing with it.

Half of life is fucking up the other half is dealing with it.

I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out,...

I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out,...

I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm...

I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm...

I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off...

I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off...

Other music exists to heal wounds; but the tango when sung and played is for...

Other music exists to heal wounds; but the tango when sung and played is for...

There's no such thing as an ex-junkie.

There's no such thing as an ex-junkie.