Henry Rollins Quotes

Many people who get a lot of money are willing to work with me for no money. This is true.

I don't make money on the road, and so there's less and less incentive for me to do it when I don't have that adolescent desire for whatever it is, glory or fame.

If the Eagles were to get back together, it would have to be for the right reasons. I think it would look awful if it were just for the money.

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll earn money and I was happy to receive it.

I believe I get the belt then I'll get the money. I'm not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It's all about the cheddar.

I had been asked to open a nightclub in Atlantic City. They offered me a ridiculous amount of money. They literally overpaid me. So I did one show a night. Then they asked me back by popular demand. So I went back. Then I said, "To hell with this." I was only doing it for the money, and I was doing easy routines. It's just too much work to get up every day and practice.

I just wanted to perform. I just wanted to perform in whatever capacity, whether it was acting, singing, dancing, comedy - whatever it was, I just loved it and felt at my absolute happiest when I was performing for people.

Theater doesn't bring money in general. That's not why you do it. If you go into theater for money then you've really gone into the wrong business.

The thing that I love most about being on stage is making people happy...It's my job to do that, and I enjoy it.

I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about me is based on show business - I think it will bring me happiness. I hope so.

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money or fame would commonly buy them off from their present pursuit.

Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!

If you're famous, you have to [be overly generous], otherwise people say, "Eric Idle came in and only left me $4." I always tip more than people expect.

Money to some extent sometimes let you be in more interesting environments. But it can't change how many people love you or how healthy you are.

People should really think about when they see President Donald Trump, they should think about all the places that he was and could be. All the things he could be doing. The political motivators for many typical politicians of which he's not one, Mercy, money, power, prestige, fame, he had all of that.

We don't have to be good, you know? No one's telling us that we have to do good things, but we do them because we know it makes other people feel good and it makes us feel good.

I open the door for old ladies, I help old ladies across the road. I do a show for leukemia every year, but I don't broadcast that because it's against my image.

I want to entertain people. That's my whole life. To my last breath.

If you become famous and you start making money, then people want to give you things. It's the exact opposite of how it's supposed to be.

Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world... Kindness can change the lives of people.

You get to do things for people who will never pay you back and they say you never have had a perfect day until you've done something for someone who will never pay you back.