Henry Rollins Quotes

But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.

The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.

For me, university was a bit of a rebellious streak. I love teachers but I'm inherently a bit of an anarchist and don't trust you because you're my teacher. Somewhere around my second or third year, I realized as an artist that it's up to us to choose our path, and there's nothing wrong with being given many different tools to put in your tool bag.

At the end of the day, I come from a culture and an upbringing where you create your own path. There is no seat at the table for you? You create your own opportunity.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

If you always have a crutch, you don't learn anything.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

We can and we will solve our problems for ourselves. We know how. We can, and we will.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

I feel like what made 'Nasty' so fire was it was finally something that they couldn't take from me.

I came out of UCB and, before that, punk rock, and the whole deal was you do it yourself. Get up and rent the space, get up and press your own records, get up and silkscreen your own tees, get it done yourself. That sort of self-reliance will only serve me. Any time I lose sight of that, my career suffers.

With AC/DC, if you've got a problem, you sort it out yourself.

You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.

My job is to be OK without a precise plan.

So I always respected the guys who were trying to do it on their own without taking a handout from a big organization. They were trying to create their own thing, the DIY style, which is sort of always been my style, kind of a makeshift survival mode and really just kind of forging your own path.

I'll handle living on my own. You've got to learn somehow. I'll take it all in my stride like I do everything else.

I've always been taught to never wait for somebody to give me the opportunity, but to create opportunity for myself.

The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.