Henry Rollins Quotes

I'd like my reputation to stay as it is and to be remembered for a wonderful decade.

Will you be remembered, how would you be remembered, why wouldn’t you fight for the greatest achievement ever?

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

I hate to think of the day when nobody remembers me as an actor and I can't get good tables in restaurants.

Just to be remembered is good enough for me. Lots of people are forgotten.

I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.

I want people talking about me when I'm gone.

I want to be remembered.

No matter where you play, you want to be remembered.

I would just like to be remembered.

The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why we tried so hard to make our mark in America. To be known. Think of how important celebrity has become. We sing to get famous; expose our worst secrets to get famous; lose weight, eat bugs, even commit murder to get famous. Our young people post their deepest thoughts on public web sites. They run cameras from their bedrooms. It’s as if we are screaming Notice Me! Remember Me! Yet the notoriety barely lasts. Names quickly blur and in time are forgotten.

I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.

I'd like to end up sort of unforgettable.

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.

I would like to be forgotten. What's so good about being remembered?

To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!

I want to be an icon.

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

I've always said that fame is fleeting, but anonymity can last a lifetime.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

As long as people remember me forever, that will be enough for me.