Henry Rollins Quotes

I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.

I moved from Stockholm to London, and I didn't want to work with my parents or have them help me in any way, I think just to prove to myself that I have my own talent.

My first vehicle I had to buy it myself and work to get it. My dad was really hard on me.

You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on.

I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least.

My dad is a civil engineer, and my mom is a stay-at-home mom. The fact that my parents weren't really involved in music was kind of good, because it meant that I had something that was private and personal.

Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.

I wanted above all else not to be like my mum.

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

Some people ask me whether I'm a 'mama's girl' or a 'papa's girl.' I'm nobody's girl. My brother clings to our parents; I'm the one shoving them out the door.

Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.

I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.

I never fought because of my father. I started to box before he pushed me. It had nothing to do with him.

I didn't want to work with my father. I wanted to see if I could develop my own career.

I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want.

I can't run my career based on someone else's ideology.

I like training alone. Otherwise, I find I get too dependent on someone else for motivation.

Since the age of 12, I was on my own. Everything I do, I get my parents' support.

I think there is a time in every person's life where they have to let their parents go and figure out what being a parent means for themselves.

I work hard, and I'm very separate from what my parents do.

I know that I'm in grime, but I had to separate myself and do things myself.