Henry Rollins Quotes

If you're behind the times, they won't notice you. If you're right in tune with them, you're no better than they are, so they won't care much for you. Be just a little ahead of them.

If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, "That which is missing," because I don't want to copy everything that's already happening. I feel like when you copy, you blend in, and when you blend in, you get lost.

I like being the odd one out in L.A. Because if you conform, you become something you hate. I love being the odd one out. It's not about 'Look at me! Look at me!' It's about really becoming someone else.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

Never follow the crowd.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.

Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.

I feel like when I try to fit in, it comes across as not genuine, and that is not good. I'd rather just do me and have people say, 'Oh. That's interesting,' than try to fit in.

Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.

As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.

I just want to sound different than everyone else. I don't care if it sounds bad. I just want people to be like, 'Yo, that dude Benny was different.' Even if it sounds awful, at least they can't say, 'Oh well, I've heard that before.'

I know, being the odd one out can feel brutal. But, rest assured, it's also wonderful - because your desire to do things differently isn't 'uncool.' In fact, it's the exact opposite.

I love being unconventional because that's the reason I stand out.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

I've always wanted to do things different, always wanted to be the person who stands out from the pack.

I always wanted to be different. If it was different I liked it. And it wasn't because I was just trying so hard to be different, it's just by nature.

I love being the dude that does what no else is doing in the genre. It's exciting and terrifying at the same time.

It is difficult to be that band that doesn't do things the way other bands do it. It's a blessing and a curse.

There is no well-trodden route to where I am, no formula to replicate.

I am too big to copy anyone.

I pride myself on being unique in my own right. I wanted to be myself.

I feel like I wanted to run differently than everybody else did. And I want to do things that everybody else hasn't done.

I always found that the more extreme and the more eccentric I was, that's what would separate me. I always felt that I needed that separation; otherwise, I'd just be like everybody else.